The iPhone 7 had been rumored to be dropping the analog 3.5 mm headphone jack,in favour of wireless Bluetooth or Lightning cable headphones for audio output. However, a novel iPhone 7 component leak posted on Weibo disagrees with preceding reports, and depicting a board that includes a 3.5mm jack (in the top right of the photo above).
The 3.5mm jack is large (relative to the thinness of the phone),dates back more than a hundred years and has been superseded in terms of sign quality by the modern digital solutions, so it is plausible that Apple would want to abandon it. However, or the idea of removing the port has been controversial (with complaints approximately existing accessory compatibility). This Chinese leak indicates it is sticking around … more…
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Source: 9to5mac.com