The Apple iPhone 7 is going to be one that sells millions of units in the first weekend just like all of the other models before it. The features and specs for the phone have been under wraps since the larger, Apple iPhone 6 showed up last year, but rumors and leaks are starting to pick up online. There are many expectations for the new smartphone, as usual, but which ones are Apple going to entertain this time around remains the question of the year.
According to one online source, there is an image that is showing brand new Apple earbuds that are white and do not include a 3.5mm headphone jack like every other smartphone on the planet. Of course, Apple is going to take things a little further and make you pay again for an accessory that you already have. Putting the headphones, data transfer and charging cables into the same port might seem like a good idea, but if you wait a minute, there will be plenty of rants online about it.
The first leaked image of the Apple iPhone 7 an the white earbuds appeared in Chinese media and that was just hours before Apple made the announcement they were going backwards in size with the brand new iPhone SE. According to reports from this week, the iPhone SE will have the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack. The Apple iPhone 7 is reportedly going to be released this year, along with the iPhone 7 Plus and it has been rumored that both models will not have the 3.5mm jack.
The leaked image is sending shock waves around the smartphone world as many decide what the reason for the change would be. One source claims that by removing the headphone jack from the phone, Apple is allowed to make it thinner. There was another image leaked that reportedly shows a new Apple iPhone case without the hole for the headphone jack. One Twitter account that is well known for posting Apple news and leaks posted the image of white earbuds that have the Lightening jack visible.
There is no way to tell if the product is an official Apple option or one that a third party has put together with hopes that is the direction that Apple is going. Besides the fact that Apple might be looking to replace the headphone jack, the company announced that it plans to move forward with innovation in the wireless headphone realm since its acquisition of Beats. Because Apple is already done with the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus models, it might be time to see what the company is going to do with a product redesign. Typically, the redesign is saved for the full-number updates.