Click here for more. In a recent report, MacRumors pointed out that one of Apple's long-standing iPhone accessories, the Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter, may soon be discontinued.

A short cable that allows wired headphones with the traditional 3.5mm mini ... into the Lightning port of an iPhone. Starting with the iPhone 7, Apple eliminated the analog headphone jack.

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.

In 2018, the best-selling Apple products at Best Buy were AirPods and the Lightning-to-3.5 mm dongle. Both of these products exist because Apple got rid of the headphone jack. Here's the problem ...

The current interface is USB Type C, which superseded Apple's own 30-pin and Lightning connectors as well as the 3.5mm headphones jack. The Apple device contains the socket, and the cable or ...