Citing a reliable industry source, Japanese technology blog Macotakara claims Apple will ship its next iPhone with a pair of redesigned Lightning port-equipped EarPods. We have heard rumors about iPhone 7 that Apple is about to ditch the headphone jack permanently.
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Every other year, Apple releases a totally redesigned iPhone. A screen, a speaker, a charging port and the like are some of the external necessities that are needed to function at a basic level.
To overcome this bending problem company launch iPhone 6s, company said that this smartphone is made by the sturdier version of aluminum which avoids the bending problems. With this attempt, the only issue they find is the headphone jack which has 3.5mm diameter, so it had to go. However, the headphone jack isn’t the only thing stopping Apple from making the iPhone thinner. After Apple introduced audio-over-Lightning support in iOS 7, some companies began selling headsets offering “high resolution audio” when connected via that port.
The reason why the headphone jack was “deleted” from the iPhone 7’s tentative design was to make the phone thinner, according to Mac Otakara. For starters, Apple can potentially create “smart headphones/earphones” all thanks to the direct digital connection to the phone which could tie-in with certain apps; ultimately creating yet another differentiator from its rivals.
Most devices use the standard 3.5mm headphone jack, and therefore most headphones available fit this standard, according to Forbes. A few Chinese vendors already make super-thin smartphones that drop the headphone jack in favor of USB sound.
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It is possible that Apple is moving to wireless headphones too, which strikes us as fairly logical. This makes sense, since Apple’s other products that rely on headphones – the iPod and iPod touch – might not feature the new Lightning connector.
