Video is released reportedly showing off Apple's 'lightning' EarPods

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Apple has been in the news for quite some time now for allegedly removing the 3.5mm headphone jack in the upcoming iPhone 7 and replacing it with a proprietary Lightning connector instead. These rumors for the iPhone 7 have been going around since late last year and have even spurred a petition to keep the 3.5mm headphone jack that has received hundreds of thousands of signatures.

Adding more fuel to the rumor is a video that has just been filmed showing what is described as Apple EarPods with a Lightning connector rather than a 3.5mm plug. The person describes them as "iPhone 7 EarPods" and describes them as looking exactly the same, barring the Lightning connector change. The user plugs them in and loads up a YouTube video and presses various buttons on the EarPods to show that the functionality, at least for the buttons, is working as expected.

There is little to confirm that the Apple EarPods in the video are real, though. This isn't the first time that someone has made Apple EarPods use a Lightning connector and the whole demeanor of the video leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Apple has also usually held more control over its leaks - especially with something as big as this.

You can view the video below:

Posted: Aug 01, 2016 7:24 pm
Related Forum: Mobile Devices

Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/video-is-released-reportedly-showing-off-apples-lightning-earpods

Comments

OwenPosted: Fri. Aug 26, 2016

I'm good with my headphones

neboPosted: Fri. Aug 12, 2016

I don't like how they plan on doing this, what about the companies that make actual good ear phones like sennheiser? It's just a pain to accommodate that

SupervisorPosted: Tue. Aug 02, 2016

Nah I think I'll just stay with my current earphones

C4Posted: Tue. Aug 02, 2016

I'll just stick to the headphones i have now

QTPosted: Tue. Aug 02, 2016

Eli Eh I think I will just stick with my old ones if this is actually legit.

Totally agree. The old ones are the GOAT. I dont like the idea of this at all..

XboxPosted: Tue. Aug 02, 2016

Eh I think I will just stick with my old ones if this is actually legit.

FountainsPosted: Tue. Aug 02, 2016

-Zed First they deny people the ability to charge through Micro USB, which caused somewhat of a rift between Android and Apple users, now this crap. It's no different than Bluetooth, except to achieve this, they're removing the 3.5mm jack. They probably know that their users will probably buy this crap regardless of what they do to it, so Apple doesn't give a damn.

Also with this, you cant have ear buds in your iphone while you are charging the phone... im sure that will irritate a lot of people, and they will get a lot of complaints.

M9zPosted: Tue. Aug 02, 2016

First they deny people the ability to charge through Micro USB, which caused somewhat of a rift between Android and Apple users, now this crap. It's no different than Bluetooth, except to achieve this, they're removing the 3.5mm jack. They probably know that their users will probably buy this crap regardless of what they do to it, so Apple doesn't give a damn.