[waimbes]

I agree with some of the stuff in here but...

> So while Apple will be successfully pushing its customers towards its Lightning port powered headphones on an established (Apple) standard with readily available products, Android OEM’s that choose follow Lenovo fight a largely uphill battle and an empty ecosystem.

This is nothing short of ridiculous. iPhone users have a bit more spending power, but android still represents a huge majority of smartphone users. There is just no chance whatsoever that headphone manufacturers don't target android. We might see a very brief lag while android sort of "switches over," but in the meantime everyone else can just use 3.5mm like they always have.

[kevincox]

That's if they all switched at the same time. Unfortunately right now only one manufacturer is willing to make the change.