This one has been doing the rounds for a while, and seems more and more likely to be completely true: Apple is killing off the lowly headphones. On its quest for cable-free convenience, the Cupertino company looks set to ditch the age-old 3.5mm jack on the outer edge of the iPhone 7, in favour of bluetooth buds. On the one hand, this adds a whole lot more convenience, meaning no more tangled leads, truly hands-free usability if rumours of smart-enabled in-ears are true and a much sleeker exterior. It does, though, also mean saying goodbye to your favourite set of analogue cans. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that Apple waited so long to ditch the jack, given its penchant for putting user preference second to up-selling options and hardware that, willingly or otherwise, pulls buyers into the Apple ecosystem. Would Apple go as far as to introduce a unique codec over which it has a monopoly? Hopefully not otherwise the only bluetooth beats on offer will be courtesy of, well, Beats.
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