Headphone Jack

According to a new report from Japanese site Mac Otakara, Apple will reportedly ditch the headphone jack in its upcoming iPad Pro models. The headphone jack removal rumour was backed up further by a claim in the report that Apple will no longer be bundling the Lightning to 3.5mm adapters. The company might be hoping...

Scotty Allen, an American engineer and hacker who has previously worked at Google and several other prominent Silicon Valley startups, and is also known for making an iPhone 6s out of spare parts, has returned with another project where he unveils how to bring back the headphone jack on the iPhone 7. Allen has spent the past four months...

In an exclusive interview with The Independent, Apple's SVP of Worldwide Marketing Philip Schiller has explained why the company decided to keep the headphone jack and remove the dedicated SD card slot for camera memory cards in the New MacBook Pros. "If it was just about headphones then it doesn’t need to be there”, Schiller said, when asked...

The USB Implementers' Forum (USB-IF) has unveiled the USB Audio Device Class 3.0 specification. The new specification sets the technical requirements and guidelines for audio products connecting to a device via USB Type-C. No matter how much you love the headphone jack of your mobile device, prepare yourself to say goodbye to it. The new specification...

Apple is likely considering removing the headphone jack from the MacBook Pro, as one of the surveys sent out to customers asks whether they use the headphone port on MacBook Pro with Retina display, MacRumors reports. Users have been reporting on Twitter that Apple has asked similar questions about the headphone jack, suggesting that the...

Don’t want to spend a fortune on the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus to become a proud owner of a headphone jack-free iPhone? Enter 'Apple Plug', a headphone connector without the headphones. You plug it into your iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, or even the older 6 and 6 Plus models, and you will lose the headphone jack....

Adding to an ever-growing set of part leaks, a video uploaded on Thursday allegedly shows the rear casings of two iPhone 7 units. The new casings, which were originally posted on Weibo and highlighted by TechTastic, show the silver and space gray units. Both units included expected changes such as relocated antenna bands and a larger...

A new set of leaked images claiming to show ‘iPhone 7’ EarPods with Lightning connector has just surfaced on Chinese social networking site Weibo (via iPhone7.nl), showing a standard set of iPhone EarPods with a Lightning cable in place of the 3.5mm plug. Take a look: The Lighting connector seen in the above leaked image however, shows off...

According to a report from Japanese website Mac Otakara, Apple plans to bundle a Lightning to 3.5mm adapter with its standard EarPod headphones alongside the iPhone 7 when it ships this fall. The rumour comes from Chinese accessory vendors marketing Lightning auto adapters at Computex Taipei 2016. While not specifically mentioned in the report, the...

Last week, a leaked photo of alleged ‘iPhone 7’ components hinted that the next-generation iPhone would come in three different models, with one model supporting dual SIMs and also retaining the 3.5mm headphone jack. Today, more leaked images of alleged iPhone 7’s Lightning cable assembly shared by Engadget via Rock Fix, a smartphone repair shop based in China's Ganzhou, show a headphone jack attached...

While it’s rumoured that Apple’s iPhone 7 will drop the headphone jack in favour of the Lightning connector, known Apple audio supplier Cirrus Logic may have hinted about how Apple plans to handle this transition. Cirrus Logic, which specializes in audio-related technology for mobile devices, has been traced back to hardware used in the iPhone...

A new Apple patent published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has revealed a new, shrunken-down "D-shaped” headphone connector, which Apple may use to replace the existing 3.5mm jack in future iPhones with an even slimmer profile, AppleInsider is reporting. The patent filing notes that the "improved” headphone connector would sport all the functionality of a...