Apple appears to have quietly discontinued a popular accessory that was once essential for some iPhone users. The 3.5mm Lightning to Headphone Jack Adapter has been sold out on both the UK and US ...

At a time when most wired headphones needed one of those jacks to listen to music, Apple had an interesting solution: a Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter that shipped with every new phone.

This airline adapter converts a dual-prong airline jack to a standard headphone stereo plug (3.5 mm, 1/8 inch). Plug the headphones cord into the adapter and insert it into the airline jacks to ...

If you want to connect any of Apple's laptops to an HDMI monitor, you need to spend $50 on an adapter ... 3.5 mm dongle. Both of these products exist because Apple got rid of the headphone jack.