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MANILA, Philippines – Apple is planning to ditch the 3.5mm jack in the next iPhone to make a thinner flagship device while maintaining other dimensions such as screen size and width.
Japanese blog Macotakara, citing reliable sources, said on Saturday, November 28, the Lightning port is seen as the alternative for the audio jack.
The supplied Ear Pods would have a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) built-in on the headset itself without sacrificing the size.
Third party manufacturers are advised to prepare a 3.5mm to Lightning converter, or make headphones that also have a Lightning connection with DAC. For consumers, they can opt to have Bluetooth headsets instead.
Apple already laid specifications for such a feature last year in their Made For iPhone/iPad/iPod (MFi) program. Standard Lightning Headphones would use a ‘Lightning Headphone Module’ while the Advanced Lightning Headphone would have active noise cancellation and DAC.
JBL already jumped on the new category with their Reflect Aware that debuted at CES 2015.
It also has a companion app that can adjust the EQ and Noise Cancellation level.
A critical limitation of the Lightning port headphone would be the ability to listen to music while charging. With this, Apple patented a smaller, D-shaped connector that was approved last September.
It looks similar to the existing 3.5mm standard, except one side of the jack is flat and would allow the company to make a thinner device or put a bigger module, like a camera, inside a unit. – Rappler.com
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