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The point is to have fast pairing as well as uber low power utilization while maintaining decent enough range and high enough bitrates.
My understanding is that while BT is capable of high bitrates, most of the implementations have suffered because the necessity of low power usage has decreased the bitrates and limited the range. It's been postulated that W1 is greater than BT 4.2, taking draft or like features from BT 5. Either that, or perhaps has implemented some other changes to ensure high-bitrate AAC transmission and decoding via BT 4.2 always is being used, instead of dropping down to some inferior bitrate or codec.
Whatever the case, the iPhone 7 specs merely mention Bluetooth 4.2 support, which isn't helpful, since BT 4.2 has been present ever since iPhone 6.
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-7-wireless-headphones-sales-chart-2016-9
My understanding is that while BT is capable of high bitrates, most of the implementations have suffered because the necessity of low power usage has decreased the bitrates and limited the range. It's been postulated that W1 is greater than BT 4.2, taking draft or like features from BT 5. Either that, or perhaps has implemented some other changes to ensure high-bitrate AAC transmission and decoding via BT 4.2 always is being used, instead of dropping down to some inferior bitrate or codec.
Whatever the case, the iPhone 7 specs merely mention Bluetooth 4.2 support, which isn't helpful, since BT 4.2 has been present ever since iPhone 6.
Just to be clear: Revenue of wireless headphones is a bit higher than revenue of wired headphones now, but in terms of unit sales, wired headphones far, far outsell wireless.Why do they need to be coerced? Bluetooth headphones are already outselling wired headphones as it is. I would think consumer demand in this case is enough to convince headphone manufacturers to concentrate on wireless models, and in fact they already are.
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-7-wireless-headphones-sales-chart-2016-9
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