One of these rumored changes is the removal of the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack, which might be mandatory because the next iPhone will be 1mm thinner, so fitting such a module could be a serious challenge. Another new piece to the puzzle has popped up today from a reliable source, Mactotakara, and they suggest that Apple’s next flagship handset, the iPhone 7, will ditch the 3.5mm analog headphone jack with an all-in-one Lightning port for handling the users’ needs.
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Given that 3D Touch is still in its infancy, that seems somewhat unlikely at this stage.
Needless to say, replacing the 3.5mm jack with a Lightning port comes with a handful of advantages, majority related to using a digital channel instead of analog.
We recommend taking this report with a pinch of salt for now, then, but we certainly don’t doubt that Apple is at least considering ways in which it can make the iPhone thinner than ever in the future.
Apple has installed the 3.5mm headphone jack on all its devices over the last seven years. Philips has been building Lightning-equipped Fidelio M2L and Fidelio NC1L headphones over the past 14 months, MacRumors reported. Furthermore, in case you’re wondering, Bluetooth headphones will work just fine with the iPhone 7.
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Apple faced iPhone backlash again in 2012 when it released the 4-inch iPhone 5, which dropped the 30-pin Apple Dock connector introduced by Apple on the iPod (3 generation) in 2003. Apple may rely on third party manufacturers to produce a headset to Lightning converter or sell a separate Lightning cable with a DA converter to solve compatibility issues.
