Apple's next iPhone reportedly ditches the headphone jack

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http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/14a1812db8e07667df98e9cfdbe544db/203050437/iphone-6s-lightning-port-will-lipman.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/28/next-iphone-may-use-lightning-audio/)Apple's quest for ever-thinner (http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/09/new-macbook-review/), ever-smarter devices may produce another casualty: your iPhone's headphone jack. A rumor at MacOtakara claims (https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.macotakara.jp%2Fblog%2Frumor%2F entry-28639.html&edit-text=) that the next iPhone might drop the 3.5mm port and use the Lightning port for audio (http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/04/lightning-headphone-spec/)instead. The move would let Apple slim its phone even further (reportedly, over 1mm thinner than the iPhone 6s (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/01/iphone-6s-and-6s-plus-review/)) and take advantage of Lightning's features, such as headphone-based DACs (http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/10/philips-not-beats-announces-first-lightning-equipped-headphone/) and app launching. You'd have to use an adapter for any conventional wired headphones, or else make the leap to Bluetooth.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/28/next-iphone-may-use-lightning-audio/