A new image circulating online, purporting to be insert documentation for the upcoming iPhone 7, appears to confirm that Apple will be bundling Lightning EarPods as part of its next-gen handsets.
Check it out below.
Photo: Nowhereelse.fr
In another piece of evidence that Apple is throwing out the 3.5mm headphone jack, the documentation also notes that the forthcoming iPhones will ship with a Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter: giving users the chance to use their existing EarPods with the iPhone 7, as opposed to having to immediately make the switch.
Provided that this is true, it suggests that — while Apple is going ahead with its replacement of the 3.5mm headphone jack — it has at least listened to the concerns of users. Earlier this year, 303,343 people put their name to a petition imploring Apple to not get rid of the headphone jack.
Apple, of course, has a long history of ditching peripherals (and the headphone jack lasted a lot longer than most), and there was always little chance the company would listen to a relatively small number of customers when it comes to the future direction of the iPhone line.
Then again, with surveys suggesting lukewarm anticipation for the upcoming iPhone 7 and falling iPhone demand, maybe an accountant somewhere in Cupertino figured the extra cost of bundling an adapter with the iPhone 7 was money well spent.
Source: Nowhereelse.fr
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
6 responses to “Apple will package Lightning EarPods and adapter with iPhone 7”
How will one listen as the phone is charging like I do now listening to an audiobook while going to sleep while charging the phone?
Use the adaptor?
Does the adaptor allow simultaneous charging and listening?
Good question- this phone better have wireless charging abilities. Its the norm for me to sit at my work desk simultaneously listening to my music whilst charging my iPhone.
“A new image circulating online, purporting to be … appears…”
You •know• I respect you Luke, but “circulating online”, “purporting” and “appears” do not a worthy news piece make. No one knows what the next iPhone will offer except Apple. Leaked photos, Photoshopped images and news bits from this or that “source” have more often than not proved to be wrong. The next iPhone may very well have so-called Lightening Ear Pods (and other imagined features), but then again, only Apple knows.
Something is wrong, lightning cables unplug from the port as soon as they are put in Jean pockets. Headphones, charging cables etc. either Apple has changed something, this image is wrong or Apple has stupid engineers.