In September 2016, at the launch of the iPhone 7 series, Apple announced the number one event, which was to cut the 3.5mm headphone jack off the phone, leaving only a Lightning port.
Oct 21, 2022| In September 2016, at the launch of the iPhone 7 series, Apple announced the number one event, which was to cut the 3.5mm headphone jack off the phone, leaving only a Lightning port.
Seems to really make it difficult to understand at the time, after all the headphones in the market sold hundreds of millions of headphones in a year, most of them are wired headset, and their interfaces are 3.5 mm, get rid of this interface, means that the vast majority of users can't literally plug directly into the cell phone to listen to music the movies, or with a connector, or buy a wireless bluetooth headset.
At the time, Apple cited the fact that space inside the phone was getting tighter, that removing the headphone jack would free up battery space for longer battery life and improved water resistance, but it was more about promoting its own true wireless Bluetooth headphones, AirPods.
