Apple co-founder thinks iPhone 7 without 3.5mm jack is a bad idea

Apple is all set to launch its next iPhone in September. As per various reports and leaks, it’s speculated that the Cupertino-based tech giant will be doing away with the 3.5mm audio jack for the iPhone 7. And it seems that Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak doesn’t think doing that would be a good idea.

“If it’s missing the 3.5mm earphone jack, that’s going to tick off a lot of people,” Steve Wozniak told The Australian Financial Review. He also said that he is quite comfortable with his current headphone setup.


A recently surfaced online report suggested that Apple plans to to forego the 3.5mm audio jack and replace it with the lightning connector for audio output, for the upcoming iPhone 7. The move is likely aimed at making future iPhones even slimmer.

A set of images that surfaced online, claiming to be of Apple’s EarPods with lightning connector, seems to confirm this. The EarPods' images were posted on Chinese social media website Weibo.


At the bottom too, the lightning connector is larger than what is currently found on Apple's USB cables. The size hints that there might be some electronics in there as well. According to Apple Insider website, it could even include an authenticator chip.

Even with that, Apple won’t be the first company to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack. Earlier this year, Chinese manufacturer LeEco launched three smartphones without a 3.5mm headphone jack. The company claims that the handsets are the first in the world to forego the traditional 3.5mm jack and feature a USB Type-C audio port with CDLA (Continual Digital Lossless Audio) tech.