In its ceaseless mission to create a more slender, lighter and better performing cell phone, some fascinating new data have surfaced about Apple disposing of the earphone jack.

According to a reliable source, a report from Japanese blog Macotakara claims that Apple eyes to expel the 3.5 mm earphone port from the upcoming iPhone 7,accomplishing a "more than 1 mm" decrease in thickness in contrast with the iPhone 6s. While the screen shape and range will stay comparative, the gadget will turn into Apple's most slender iPhone ever. Moreover, the earphones might have the capacity to interface over Lightning or Bluetooth.

The report asserts that the new same-sized Lightning connector will bolster the Lightning-prepared earphones. It will also have a digital-to-audio (DAC) converter for in reverse similarity with wired earphones utilising standard 3.5 mm stereo jacks.

In September, the US Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent (No. 9,142,925) for a “D-shaped connector,” which will replace the current low-profile earphone fitting and container standard with a shorter, more slender configuration. The improved device will showcase all the 3.5 mm features. Tackling a "D" profile, Apple's fitting has one level side that goes about as a keyed component, which means it confines insertion to a coordinating D-molded pit.

According to Apple Insider, in June 2014, outsider producers have possessed the capacity to make earphones that interface with iOS gadgets by means of a Lightning link. Apart from Philips, very few have bounced on this fleeting trend. The move of Apple to uproot the earphone jack will change the game quickly.

The iPhone 7 won't be the first smartphone to wipe out the 3.5 mm earphone jack. The HTC G1, a first Android-based cell phone, initially got rid of the earphone jack. In the event that the iPhone 7 does not have an earphone jack, it is an extremely particular probability that a greater part of smartphone engineers will stick to this same pattern.

The iPhone 7, with a lightning-style earphone jack, is reputed to be released in 2016.

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