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09-07-2016, 10:40 PM
Apple gives you a dongle to lose in consolation for killing the headphone jack
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Good news iPhone fans: Apple is including a 3.5mm headphone jack dongle with every iPhone 7 (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/iphone-7?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and 7 Plus. Welcome to dongle hell!
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are the first iPhones without a headphone jack. The dongle, which plugs into the Lightning port, will let users use their existing wired headphones with the (**w, apparently, antiquated) 3.5mm headphone jack.
SEE ALSO: Live from San Francisco: Apple iPhone 7 Event (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/apple-new-iphone-7-event/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
That's great because we were expecting Apple to charge everyone for it.*
**w for some bad news. As I've ranted about in detail (http://mashable.com/2016/07/23/killing-headphone-jack-sucks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) before, the loss of the headphone jack is a loss for all music lovers and interoperability. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/headphone-jack-dongle-iphone7/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Lightning (http://mashable.com/category/lightning/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Headphone Dongle (http://mashable.com/category/headphone-dongle/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Headphone Jack (http://mashable.com/category/headphone-jack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Dongle (http://mashable.com/category/dongle/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Iphone 7 Plus (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-7-plus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/3ze3-Ug78iE
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Good news iPhone fans: Apple is including a 3.5mm headphone jack dongle with every iPhone 7 (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/iphone-7?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and 7 Plus. Welcome to dongle hell!
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are the first iPhones without a headphone jack. The dongle, which plugs into the Lightning port, will let users use their existing wired headphones with the (**w, apparently, antiquated) 3.5mm headphone jack.
SEE ALSO: Live from San Francisco: Apple iPhone 7 Event (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/apple-new-iphone-7-event/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
That's great because we were expecting Apple to charge everyone for it.*
**w for some bad news. As I've ranted about in detail (http://mashable.com/2016/07/23/killing-headphone-jack-sucks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) before, the loss of the headphone jack is a loss for all music lovers and interoperability. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/headphone-jack-dongle-iphone7/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Lightning (http://mashable.com/category/lightning/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Headphone Dongle (http://mashable.com/category/headphone-dongle/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Headphone Jack (http://mashable.com/category/headphone-jack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Dongle (http://mashable.com/category/dongle/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Iphone 7 Plus (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-7-plus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/3ze3-Ug78iE