It doesn’t have a traditional 3.5mm headphone jack, so if you want to use an older pair of headphones, you’ll still need that headphone adapter from Apple.
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One of the more notable downsides is that you can’t listen to music and charge your device at the same time. Unless you buy a £35 adapter.
Apple’s new products connect to wired headphones via the lightning connector, which is also how the phones are charged (thus ruling out simultaneous wired listening and charging), but Apple’s biggest push is for a new product called Airpods.
The removal of the 3.5mm audio jack has given manufacturers the opportunity to bring in alternate accessories to fill the gap. You have a couple options for just $40 to $49.
One ongoing conversation that has been created as a result of Apple’s announcement yesterday around their new, headphone jack-less iPhone 7 is the problem many of us music lovers are now forced to face: not being able to easily charge your phone and listen to music at the same time. The Belkin website states that the device “supports one Lightning Audio device and one charger only”, so using the second Lightning port for anything other than charging might be a no no.
The Belkin Lightning Audio + Charge RockStar adapter will be available October 10 for an MSRP of $39.95USD at Belkin.com and Apple retail stores.
Apple is bundling the Lightning EarPods and the Lightning to 3.5mm adapter with every iPhone 7, but if you happen to lose them, a replacement will cost you Rs. 2,500 ($29 in US) and Rs. 900 ($9 in US) respectively.
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Unveiled at Apple’s special event in San Francisco today, the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus can be ordered starting this Friday and are set to hit the market on September 16.
