Apple might really nix the headphone jack on iPhone 7, new leak suggests

Apple has a long history of removing established technology standards that it thinks will be obsolete.

The iMac dumped the floppy disk drive, the MacBook Air dropped the CD/DVD drive, the iPhone 5 killed the 30-pin connector, and the new MacBook eschews every port for a single USB-C port. When Apple removes hardware features, people get pissed

Rumor has it Apple will ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack on the iPhone 7, and the well-connected @OnLeaks is now corroborating the rumor with what he claims are legitimate iPhone 7 cases

As you can see in the images above, the purported iPhone 7 case looks pretty similar to an iPhone 6S case. But instead of a hole for the 3.5mm headphone jack on the bottom left, there's another elongated cutout for what is presumably another speaker. If true, the iPhone 7 could be the first iPhone to have stereo speakers. Read more...