Apple will definitely be removing the headphone
port in its next major iPhone release, according to a report. The company is set to swap the traditional
headphone jack and instead send sound through the lightning port that at the
moment is mostly used for charging, according to a report in Fast Company. That
process will allow the phone to be even thinner than normal, alongside a range
of other design changes.
As well as the changes to the headphone setup
the phone will also be waterproof and able to charge wirelessly, the magazine
reported citing a source with knowledge of the company's plans.Apple is working with the company that has
helped create its audio chips to make an iPhone that will be able to play music
out of the port, the magazine reported. It will also use new noise-cancelling
technology made by a UK company called Wolfson Microelectronics, which will
allow the phone and headphones to work together to remove background noise
while listening to music and making phone calls.
Other headphone makers will be able to use that special technology but will have to pay Apple a fee to do so, the report claimed.Little is known about how Apple will implement the new headphones, and the company itself has not said anything about how it would do so or suggested that it actually will.
Other headphone makers will be able to use that special technology but will have to pay Apple a fee to do so, the report claimed.Little is known about how Apple will implement the new headphones, and the company itself has not said anything about how it would do so or suggested that it actually will.
But it's likely that Apple will encourage people to listen to their music in one of three ways. Either they could use Bluetooth headphones, which don't need a plug anyway; buy headphones that plug straight into the lightning port, some models of which already exist; or Apple will also make an adapter that will allow people to plug their traditional headphones into the phone's lightning port.
Apple's phone would be the first major handset
to get rid of the traditional 3.55mm headphone jack. That plug is used in
almost every audio system in the world, allowing phones and other devices to
connect into headphones and hi-fis for audio playback. But the new phone will borrow features from
existing competitors like waterproofing and wireless charging, according to the
same report.
The iPhone 7 is expected to go into full
production in the coming months. It is likely to be released in September or
October. But Apple's next phone release might be the
iPhone 6c, which has been rumoured to be launching in March.
Source:TOI
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