Apple does not want you to use wired audio with iPhone 7, that's all there is to it. All wired options will be inconvenient _by design_ because Apple does not w

Apple does not want you to use wired audio with iPhone 7, that's all there is to it. All wired options will be inconvenient _by design_ because Apple does not want you to use them. Apple wants you to use wireless headphones (over Bluetooth, an industry standard). If you don't want that experience then buy a different phone. That is the situation with iPhone 7. Framing it by quickly dismissing Bluetooth and griping about how inconvenient the wired options are misses the point.