Apple EarPods with a Lightning connector spotted

Himanshu, 13 July, 2016

The rumor mill expects that the iPhone 7 will not have a headphone jack, we've even seen schematics confirm it. But we still hadn't seen the other side of the equation - the headphones with a Lightning port.

Well, here's a photo of just such headphones. Nothing has changed really, the remote hasn't gained new features to justify the new port. It's just that these can't be plugged into non-Apple products (or old Apple products for that matter).

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EarPods with a Lightning connector

The Lightning connector at the bottom seems bigger than the connector on Apple USB cables. Perhaps there's a bit of electronics in there? And it's rounded, while official Apple cables are squared off, so this could be a third-party product.

Earlier, we saw an adapter from Lightning to 3.5mm jack, which could bring your old-school headphones to the new iPhone. Either way, expect some pricey new headphones to hit the market (Apple does own Beats).

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Reader comments

  • VR
  • 14 Jul 2016
  • yWm

The shade of white of the earpods(seems old) does not match the shade white of the connector.. I believe this is a fake

I strongly believe its fake. Because even if they go for LP headphones, they will not make the LS port jack that big.

  • Jarret
  • 14 Jul 2016
  • 25G

An old technology innovated by Apple. Sucks!

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