More proof is emerging that the iPhone 7 won’t include a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and damn—it is not pretty. These third-party Lightning-to-3.5 mm dongles were spotted on Chinese site Tama, and they give us a glimpse into a horrifying future in which we have to attach one of these clunky monstrosities to an iPhone just to connect a set of standard headphones.
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Sure, Apple will probably include EarPods with a Lightning connector with the iPhone 7, but then you won’t be able to use the charger while you listen. This contraption appears to have a Lightning input for simultaneous charging and listening, but… just look at it. Would you want this thing hanging off your phone?
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Maybe the render makes it look larger than it really is, but I just can’t imagine walking around with this thing plugged in. At the very least, it looks like it would do a fair amount of swinging around as you move, and at worst, it could yank your earbuds out.
Hopefully there are other third-party manufacturers out there that are working on a better solution than this—like a case that packages all this up nicely—because this thing is about to make me sick, and I’m not even an iPhone guy.
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