When Apple unveiled the iPhone 7, people took issue with its lack of a headphone jack. While the move did cause quite a bit of stir in the tech space, a lot of people are more anxious about the fact that they won’t be able to charge their handsets and listen to music on headphones at the same time. The iPhone 7 will output audio over the Lightning port in addition to using Bluetooth. We’ll show you how.
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Belkin’s new adapter solves that problem by turning your iPhone’s single Lightning port into two. See the images below?
Somewhat more expensive is Mobile Fun’s Lightning to 3.5mm adaptor cable that includes an inline mic and controls.
The newly announced iPhone 7 doesn’t have a headphone jack, which has annoyed many fans of iDevices.
If you have a pair of your favorite headphones, then you can rest assured they’ll work with this bad boy.
Apple does, to its credit, supply a Lightning adaptor in the box, but should yours break or go missing you’re going to need another.
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With that having been said if you’re the sort that flies a lot your only option might a connector such as this one from Belkin. Apple itself launched a bundle of accessories, like the AirPods and the Lightning-to-3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter to compensate for the nostalgia that may be created. (About a week or so after the original shipping date.) That is, unless you’re buying a jet-black model, in which case, the estimated shipping date is somewhere between three to four weeks and “November”, depending on whether you’re buying the iPhone 7 or the iPhone 7 Plus, respectively. The caveat? If you lose or break your phone, or if it gets stolen, you are still on the hook for paying for it for 24 months, unless you buy insurance, which is usually about $10 a month.
