Even if Apple listened, the company is probably too far into the development of the 3.5
mm headphone jack-less iPhone 7 to make any changes.
Not exact matches
Apple took the bulk of criticism for the new trend of
headphone -
jack-less smartphones, even though various other device makers removed the aging 3.5
mm sound port at the same time.
Practically every
headphone -
jack-less phone technically does come with a 3.5
mm headphone jack — on the end of a inch - long converter cable that uses USB or Lightning to plug it into your phone.
Casual listeners can expect the basic plug - and - play convenience brought about by the 3.5
mm jack — an odd, obvious statement that we now have to make in a world of
headphone jack-less phones, like the Moto Z and, very likely the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, too.