{"id":63664,"date":"2016-07-29T17:56:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T16:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=63664"},"modified":"2016-07-29T17:56:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T16:56:54","slug":"could-this-be-apples-iphone-7-headphone-adapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/could-this-be-apples-iphone-7-headphone-adapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Could this be Apple&#8217;s iPhone 7 headphone adapter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/lightning-to-headphone-e1469748533893.jpg\" alt=\"lightning-to-headphone-e1469748533893\" width=\"780\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/lightning-to-headphone-e1469748533893.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/lightning-to-headphone-e1469748533893-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/lightning-to-headphone-e1469748533893-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/lightning-to-headphone-e1469748533893-450x301.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photos appeared online today of one of the biggest new features of the forthcoming iPhone 7: a headphone adapter. That&#8217;s because the next iPhone is expected to ditch the ubiquitous 3.5mm headphone jack to save space, pushing headphone users to switch to Bluetooth or Lightning alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>The leak is the most realistic-looking so far, with Apple&#8217;s characteristic graduated yet sleek style. Previous leaks were a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/iphone-7-mfi-lightning-to-3-5mm-audio-adapter-mic-controls-60064\">bit ungainly<\/a>, but this is a believable in-box accessory. If the leak is legitimate, it would mean that Apple won&#8217;t ship Lightning headphones (&#8216;AirPods&#8217;) in the box; instead we&#8217;ll see these purely as a premium upgrade that&#8217;s sold separately.<\/p>\n<p>The leak comes from\u00a0<em>tinhte.vn<\/em>, which has a good track record in photographing Apple goods before they&#8217;re officially announced, but it&#8217;s hardly guaranteed. There&#8217;s also a video from the same source, if you&#8217;d like to see it:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='730' height='441' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2xUrs2XIf_g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Additional iPhone 7 news<\/h3>\n<p>That was just some of the iPhone news this week; other stories suggested that we&#8217;d see three models (called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/apple\/iphone-7\">iPhone 7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/apple\/iphone-7-plus\">7 Plus<\/a> and 7 Pro) rather than the two models we&#8217;ve come to expect. The new addition, the Pro, should have the same (or at least similar) dimensions to the iPhone 7 Plus, but will come with a dual rear-facing camera and a Smart Connector for additional accessories to be connected. On the iPad Pro it was used for keyboard cases, but we&#8217;d guess that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/apple\/iphone-7-plus\/cases\">battery cases<\/a> would make more sense &#8211; particularly if the Lightning port is taken up by your headphones.<\/p>\n<p>The final big story is the date that Apple should be releasing their new iPhone models: September 16th. That would place pre-orders starting around a week earlier, September 9th, and Apple&#8217;s announcement event is rumoured for September 5th&#8230; so just over a month to go. That comes via another usually reliable source, @evleaks aka Evan Blass of\u00a0<em>Venture Beat<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>Wrapping up<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks for taking a look at the news, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comments below!<\/p>\n\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.4 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px 0 0px 0;text-align:center;\">\n<div id=\"bari-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos appeared online today of one of the biggest new features of the forthcoming iPhone 7: a headphone adapter. 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