SBC can still be heavily compressed on many devices, at least until aptX and AAC gain more widespread adoption. Whether that makes a difference to you is personal preference, but many phones still default to the lowest bitrate version of SBC last time I checked.
As for the lightning headphone news, I'm sure the apple fans will eat it up but I don't see a great reason for it. I've read that they'll be able to incorporate a DAC into the headphones and put out a purely digital signal, but it's not like the iphone 3.5mm jack is particularly noisy. Just not seeing the benefits.
As for the lightning headphone news, I'm sure the apple fans will eat it up but I don't see a great reason for it. I've read that they'll be able to incorporate a DAC into the headphones and put out a purely digital signal, but it's not like the iphone 3.5mm jack is particularly noisy. Just not seeing the benefits.