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09-16-2016, 09:00 PM
iPhone 7's lightning jack may also be a durability liability
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The iPhone 7's missing headphone jack is more than just inconvenient. It causes a major durability issue.
While the iPhone 7 is built unsurprisingly well, the lightning jack still has the same lifespan. This would be fine if you didn't have to share the iPhone 7's lightning jack between your charger and your headphones. But you do. *
SEE ALSO: **, Apple, killing your headphone jack is **t 'courage' (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/iphone-headphone-jack-courage/)
So essentially what Apple did, as pointed out in the video above, was cut your iPhone's lifespan in half. That is, of course, unless you cave into this very transparent ploy to purchase Apple's new wireless AirPods. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/16/iphone-7-durability-liability/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The iPhone 7's missing headphone jack is more than just inconvenient. It causes a major durability issue.
While the iPhone 7 is built unsurprisingly well, the lightning jack still has the same lifespan. This would be fine if you didn't have to share the iPhone 7's lightning jack between your charger and your headphones. But you do. *
SEE ALSO: **, Apple, killing your headphone jack is **t 'courage' (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/iphone-headphone-jack-courage/)
So essentially what Apple did, as pointed out in the video above, was cut your iPhone's lifespan in half. That is, of course, unless you cave into this very transparent ploy to purchase Apple's new wireless AirPods. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/16/iphone-7-durability-liability/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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