As had been rumored, Apple removed the headphone jack from the upcoming iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus and introduced wireless AirPods for listening to music, talking to Siri and making phone calls.
Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, offered up a thorough argument for why dropping the jack is a good technology move.
Simply put, doing so leaves room in a slender phone body for other technology. Plus, Apple is shipping — in the box — EarPods that connect via wire to the lightning power port, which also supplies sound to the EarPods.
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