Apple iPhone 7 Rumors: 3.5mm Headphone Jack Changed To A Smaller Port?
Apple iPhone 7 new rumor reveals that company will drop 3.5mm headphone jack over a lightning connector.
Apple preferred to have a lightning connector along with earpods for iPhone 7 and upcoming iOS devices. A source revealed that Apple will be developing a lightning connector that has a similar size to headphone jack, reported in MacOtakara according to Mac Rumors.
The Apple iPhone 7 specifications rumor shared that a lightning based earpods could be connected to the smartphone via Bluetooth with its digital-to-audio converter technology. The converter functions as a backward compatibility for headphones made for 3.5mm audio jack however, a user would need a 3.5mm lightning adapter to utilize it.
The iPhone 7 was rumored to be 1mm thin, which a 3.5mm headphone jack might be unable to fit. The headphones lightning connector technology has caught the interest of Apple during the Worldwide Developers Conference in 2014, according to Tech Insider.
Philip's Fidelio headphones and JBL Reflect Aware headphones are few of the lightning compatible accessories that are already up for grabs in the market.
The iPhone 7 headphone jack rumor revealed by MacOtakara might change over time because a lot may happen for its development before its unconfirmed release date on September 2016, according to Engadget.
A post in a Japan based site, MacOtakara said that the iPhone 7 "can hardly be thinner because it is the world standard," reported by 9To5 Mac. Despite the rumor, the iPod touch 1mm thickness is compared to iPhone 7 because it still has the 3.5mm jack.
Apple has previously tried to switch their headphone jack to a smaller size of 2.5mm but didn't push through as the company chose to wait until new headphone technologies are developed. The company's devices such as iPad, iPhone, iPod and Mac still has a 3.55 jack.
Aside from the headphone jack rumor of the iPhone 7 specifications, the company is rumored to switch their iPhone's LCD screens to OLED in 2018 but the company hasn't released any statement to confirm.
