Jack Out
Gadgets and Gizmos|August 2016

The 3.5-mm audio jack will be history with new-age smartphones, as USB Type C connectors take over. 

Nidhi Singal
Jack Out

A round December 2015, rumours of Apple replacing the 3.5 mm audio jack with the charging port to connect earphones started doing the rounds. However, even before the much touted announcement of the iPhone7 – the first jack free smartphone from the Apple stable – in September this year, some rival companies have ensured they stay ahead of the curve. For instance, Motorola’s modular smart phone, Moto Z, which was launched a couple of months ago, has done away with the audio jack. Even Chinese smartphone maker LeEco’s Le 2 and Le Max 2 models, announced recently, will not have the 3.5 mm jack.

This, experts say, is just the beginning. They believe that more and more smartphone makers will ditch the 3.5 mm jack – the small circular port that you have been using for all these years to connect your earphones for answering calls and listening to music – for the lighting port.

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