Apple is moving beyond smartphones by creating a world where you never take off your headphones
- Sep 13, 2016
- 1 min read
The Apple AirPod wireless earbuds.Reuters/Beck Diefenbach
Like it or not, the iPhone 7 won't have a headphone jack.
There are lots of extremely cynical theories over why this might be, not least because driving demand for Lightning-based headphones would be a very good thing for Beats, an Apple subsidiary.
Regardless, Apple insists that removing the headphone jack was an act of "courage;" a bold willingness to sacrifice the comfortably familiar and push us toward the wireless-headphone future. Plus, ditching the classic 3.5 mm jack apparently makes room for bigger batteries and better cameras inside the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
So let's take Apple at face value here. Apple's move toward wireless headphones is a super-important signal of how it's looking at the next wave of technology — and hints at the next wave of computing to come.
But first, it's in Apple's best interests (and maybe your own) that they teach you to never take your headphones off, ever.
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