[BBC] Apple's iPhone 7 ditches traditional headphone socket

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Apple's iPhone 7 ditches traditional headphone socket

Apple confirms that its new iPhone will not feature a traditional headphone socket.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37277965

[edcoolio]

Moronic (in my opinion), but I'm sure the device will still sell like crazy. At least they are nice enough to bundle a 3.5mm dongle, but you won't be able to charge the phone while listening to your wired headphones at the same time.

So, in short, you now have two things (wireless headphones and phone) to keep charged at all times. If your headphones die, you had better have the dongle with you, the phone charged, and a wired set of headphones. If not, this leaves you with the catch-22 of either charging the phone or listening to music.

Of course, you can always carry the dongle that splits the "lightning" connector so you can do both at the same time.

After all, doesn't everyone have two dongles?