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Apple iPhone 7 teardown shows plastic where headphone jack used to be

• samatman 10y ago
  Actual answer: Taptic Engine. The molded piece of plastic is clearly not large enough to replace the full depth of a headphone jack. This can be confirmed by looking at the photos in the article: the 6s headphone jack extends just past the antenna mark on the side, the 7 plus molded plastic bit barely reaches the mark. Could the 7 have been designed with a headphone jack, without compromising the function it has? Maybe, probably even. Does the existing 7 have a real component that impinges the area a headphone jack would occupy? Apparently, yes.
  • triplesec 10y ago
    Could it still get one in anyway if it didn't have other reasons for getting rid of it? Probably Yes.
• uptown 10y ago
  iPhone 8 - Full screen display. Dual cameras on the smaller device. Wireless charging. This is why they removed it this generation. It paves the way for the next generation and gets any controversy out of the way.
  • ramenmeal 10y ago
    This argument doesn't make sense to me. Why would they cause controversy without reaping the benefits? It's a sensationalist headline anyway, it's a piece of plastic that has a function.
• mistersquid 10y ago
  That piece of plastic is a piece of equipment Apple calls a "barometric vent".[0] [0] http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/16/12941040/iphone-7-teardown-plastic-behind-where-headphone-jack-used-to-be http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/16/12941040/iphone-7-teardown...
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