{"id":5323,"date":"2016-01-17T16:14:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T16:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5323"},"modified":"2016-01-12T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:17:01","slug":"linked-its-true-apple-will-drop-headphone-jack-to-make-the-iphone-7-slimmer-says-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/17\/linked-its-true-apple-will-drop-headphone-jack-to-make-the-iphone-7-slimmer-says-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;It&#8217;s True: Apple Will Drop Headphone Jack To Make The iPhone 7 Slimmer, Says Source&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5330,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.fastcompany.com\\\/3055208\\\/its-true-apple-will-drop-the-headphone-jack-to-make-the-iphone-7-slimmer-and-simpler&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250918134019\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.fastcompany.com\\\/3055208\\\/its-true-apple-will-drop-the-headphone-jack-to-make-the-iphone-7-slimmer-and-simpler&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 13:49:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-13 09:40:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 09:41:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-23 14:39:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-26 21:09:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 06:08:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 21:09:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 14:28:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 06:51:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 08:21:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 12:42:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 20:56:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 20:56:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3055208\/its-true-apple-will-drop-the-headphone-jack-to-make-the-iphone-7-slimmer-and-simpler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via Fast Company:<\/a> (Let\u2019s ignore the fact this article says \u201cIt\u2019s True\u201d followed by \u201cSays Source\u201d A source tells you something is true and you write it\u2019s true. Great reporting)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Apple\u2019s next big phone\u2014presumably called the iPhone 7\u2014will come without a 3.5mm headphone jack, will be noticeably thinner, will very likely support wireless charging and be waterproof, a source with knowledge of the company\u2019s plans tells .<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I hope it\u2019s true. I haven\u2019t plugged a pair of earphones into my iPhone in over a year. I don\u2019t own any Bluetooth headphones or earphones but I use my iPod for music on the go and almost all music listening is done on my monitor speakers at home or via my MacBook Pro\u2019s headphone jack. Personally, it doesn\u2019t affect me. I\u2019m probably the minority there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Fast Company: (Let\u2019s ignore the fact this article says \u201cIt\u2019s True\u201d followed by \u201cSays Source\u201d A source&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:03:47Z","apple_news_api_id":"3c929180-847f-49eb-96f9-e337115966d1","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:03:47Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/APJKRgIR_SeuW-eM3EVlm0Q","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1nR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6081,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/16\/linked-the-ultimate-apple-io-death-chart\/","url_meta":{"origin":5323,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;The ultimate Apple I\/O death chart&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via The Verge: One of the most strongly-held arguments about Apple removing the headphone jack is that Apple has historically been first to drop a legacy technology, sometimes even before the rest of the industry is ready. Apple\u2019s vertical integration, passionate userbase, and scale (both historically small and now immensely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6293,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/10\/21\/linked-all-25-er-26-of-apples-dongles-in-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":5323,"position":1},"title":"Linked: &#8220;All 25 [er, 26] of Apple\u2019s Dongles in One &#8220;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via 17Orbits: This was 25 when I saved the article to Instapaper. Apple is a company of simplicity. If you are new to computing, you can buy a MacBook today and plug it in and get 90% of your computing needs handled, 100% if you\u2019re doing basic things. 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