Apple announces the iPhone 7: The headphone jack is gone

Apple announced the new iPhone 7 at today's event in San Francisco. The iPhone 7 doesn't have a headphone jack, which is the biggest change.

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Apple announced the new iPhone 7 at today's event in San Francisco. In the weeks that led to this announcement, there were a lot of rumors about what Apple might and might not include in the new iPhone model and it turns out - most of them were true.

Apple announces the iPhone 7: The headphone jack is gone | TweakTown.com

The biggest question was weather or not the new iPhone will have a headphone jack. The answer is a big - no. No, it won't.

Apple decided to get rid of it and offer ear buds that connect through lightning. But...here is the catch, Apple also includes an adapter if you wanna use your old headphones.

Apple also announced the AirPods, wireless ear buds which will be available in late October for $159.

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