Apple out they rabbit ass minds, next iPhone reportedly 86'ing the headphone jack

[JordanWearinThe45]

Apple's quest for ever-thinner, ever-smarter devices may produce another casualty: your iPhone's headphone jack. A rumor at MacOtakara claims that the next iPhone might drop the 3.5mm port and use the Lightning port for audio instead. The move would let Apple slim its phone even further (reportedly, over 1mm thinner than the iPhone 6s) and take advantage of Lightning's features, such as headphone-based DACs and app launching. You'd have to use an adapter for any conventional wired headphones, or else make the leap to Bluetooth.

You'll want to take this rumor with a big grain of salt. MacOtakara doesn't have the greatest track record, and a lot could change in the 10 months between now and the future iPhone's possible launch in September next year. We'd add that such a change-up might be a little beyond the pale -- only a handful of companies make Lightning-based headphones, and there's no guarantee that others will bend over backwards to join them.

With that said, there is precedent for moves like this. A few Chinese vendors already make super-thin smartphones that drop the headphone jack in favor of USB sound. Apple would just be expanding on that concept by giving you features that aren't possible with a simple USB audio passthrough.

Apple's next iPhone reportedly ditches the headphone jack

How much thinner they want the fukking phone?

 

[Big Daddy]

*rabid

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

*rabid

 

[Diondon]

Brilliant! Then sell a Lightning port headphone adaptor. Sounds like Apple alright

 

[Liquid]

Brilliant! Then sell a Lightning port headphone adaptor. Sounds like Apple alright

ONLY $29.95

 

[Apollo Creed]

I only use Bluetooth anyways for the most part.

 

[Liquid]

I only use Bluetooth anyways for the most part.

*latest update to the iPhone is that apple is rumored to have locked the phone app in order give users an extra 12% battery life. The phone app can be unlocked for $14.99 via the app store*

It's okay, I barely use my phone to talk anymore.

I'll be okay with having to pay extra to unlock the phone app

 

[ThaBronxBully]

But If People Adapt The Entire Industry Will Follow

 

[Apollo Creed]

*latest update to the iPhone is that apple is rumored to have locked the phone app in order give users an extra 12% battery life. The phone app can be unlocked for $14.99 via the app store*

It's okay, I barely use my phone to talk anymore.

I'll be okay with having to pay extra to unlock the phone app

 

[Ciggavelli]

Use Bluetooth, so no loss to me

 

[Easy-E]

Ya'll still buyin'...

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*sighs after Podcast app crases again on WP*

 

[Hades]

If they do go through with that, cannot they (or someone) make an lightning port adapter with a lightning 3.5mm headphone jack so you don't have to use the propriety headphone/ lightning port combination?

 

[NatiboyB]

If they do go through with that, cannot they (or someone) make an lightning port adapter with a lightning 3.5mm headphone jack so you don't have to use the propriety headphone/ lightning port combination?

They very likely can and it will cost 29.99- 59.99

 

[Hades]

They very likely can and it will cost 29.99- 59.99

Apple sets the rules and people play the game. I mean, people can always wait until the "lesser" brands make their adapters. It didn't take other companies that long to make charger cords and the like.

 

[Sauce Dab]

People will still buy it . Apple doesn't have anything rise to do so all they do is keep changing the sizes