![]() It’s new, which means not many devices currently have the sockets except a collection of Android smartphones and a few tablets, but computers, including Apple’s MacBook, do have the new USB-C standard. USB-C is another contender for the headphone throne. For that reason, the current crop of Lightning-only headphones aren’t great.īut the Lightning connector isn’t the only technology gunning for the headphone jack. Not even Macs have Lightning ports, and you can forget about hooking them up to a stereo or similar. The trouble is, you can’t plug Lightning headphones into anything else. Plug your Lightning connector in and hit play. For listening to a smartphone it works just like a 3.5mm jack would, except it’s purely digital. ![]() Is the Lightning connector Apple’s one port to rule them all? Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoĪll recent iPhones, iPads and iPod touches have a Lightning port for charging and it can output audio, video or data, whatever is needed, using various different cables. That port also gives Apple much more control over accessories, as to use it you might have to apply for a licence and certification from Apple under its so-called Made for iPhone (MFi) scheme. The Lightning port in the bottom of an iPhone is already capable of outputting audio, and is needed for power, so if one of the two has to go to save a little bit of space, the 3.5mm jack gets the boot. Why would Apple dump the handy, helpful, user-friendly headphone jack? There are several reasons. China’s LeEco also dumped the socket, while chip giant Intel is actively encouraging others to kill off the analogue 3.5mm socket in favour of USB-C.īut it is arguably Apple, which is strongly rumoured to be planning to dump the 3.5mm standard at its iPhone 7 launch on Wednesday, that will likely have the largest impact on the market, particularly given the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, Samsung, has continued to fit the socket to its smartphones. Lenovo’s new modular Moto Z shirks the headphone socket for a dongle that’s plugged into the relatively new USB-C socket in the bottom. ![]() Several smartphone manufacturers have started shipping handsets without 3.5mm sockets. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.The Lenovo Moto Z, with no 3.5mm socket to be seen. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Continue without accepting’ or ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices or learn more. Third parties use cookies for the purposes of displaying and measuring personalised advertisements, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. ![]() This includes using first- and third-party cookies which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we will also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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