A short cable that allows wired headphones with the traditional 3.5mm mini-phone connector to plug into the Lightning port of an iPhone. Starting with the iPhone 7, Apple eliminated the analog ...

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.

Lightning is one end of the cable, with USB Type A at the other ... audio began with the iPhone 7 when Apple eliminated the 3.5mm earphones jack, a standard since the 1950s (see mini-phone ...

The 3.5mm Lightning to Headphone Jack Adapter has been sold out on both the UK and US Apple websites for some time now. The device allowed users to connect iPhones without a headphone jack to a ...

Regardless, Lightning is no longer a fast connector. If only Apple had a faster standard they could use. You're right, Thunderbolt 3 is frequently used by Apple, and at 40 gigabits per second ...

As expected, the new iPhone doesn't have a 3.5mm headphone jack. That means countless headphones, speakers, and other accessories will require a Lightning adapter to work with the iPhone 7.