We all pondered the features and specs of the latest iPhone 5 and many were betting that Apple would include AptX since they have started to include the codec in their Macbooks. It definately would have been great to have AptX included as it is part of the current spec of the Samsung Galaxy S3 and definately makes a difference when connected to another AptX capable device such as the Sennheiser MM550-X or the slightly less expensive MM400-X wireless headphones.

Sennheiser BTD300 Audio iPhone 5Alas when the iPhone 5 was announced with its specs bared to all in September it was missing AptX. That is certainly not a cool move in my book as csr’s AptX makes a massive difference in my opinion. With the recent addition of the lightning connector it has made the Sennheiser BTD300i completely redundant. However we offer the Saturn which simply uses the 3.5mm jack socket of your iPhone 5 and enables you to easily connect to any bluetooth aptX enabled device. You could then purchase something like the Mass Fidelity Relay and stream all your Spotify or Napster or iPlayer from your iPad/iPhone or iPod to your HiFi with the best possible quality.