If you said the $19 Lightning-to-USB cable that can charge your iPhone, you would have been right – until Tim Cook made the iPhone 7 announcement Wednesday.
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However, the handsets will be sold with a headphone adaptor that plugs into the lightning port usually used to charge the phones. The iPhone Lightning Dock sits on your desk and, as well as charging your phone, offers Lightning and 3.5mm audio ports. You can connect those to the iPhone 7 in exactly the same way as you would your iPhone 6s, and as you would Apple’s new wireless AirPods. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus become available for pre-order on Friday, while Apple and carrier retail stores will begin selling the phones September 16, the company said.
“I regularly charge my iPhone and listen to music during flights, and I’m sure there are a number of times you might need to do this”, writes Tom Warren of The Verge. Here we outline your iPhone 7 headphone options – how to use any headphones with iPhone 7.
Not only is Best Buy discounting the Sports edition, the company has also reduced the price of the stainless steel first-generation Apple Watch by as much as $300. But if you’re charging your phone, you can’t use the adapter. One thing to note, however, is Apple reportedly focused less on the physical changes and focused more on tweaking the software and hardware to enhance performance of the gadgets.
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Just one day before pre-orders opened and after the tech giant unveiled its new products at an Apple event, people in China teased the jet black shell, dubbing it as a fingerprint collector. If you get squeamish about big numbers, look away now: the iPhone 7 starts at a whopping €779 before subsidy for the basic 32GB model. This new way of life has a long way to go before we can officially declare the jack dead.
