While news about a new iPhone 7 coming out has been out for weeks, details on its features and build is not much touched upon. One of the reasons is that it is kept so tightly under wraps that no one was able to sniff it out yet. However, it seems like one detail has just been leaked. The newest iPhone model is said to be abandoning the headphone jack.

Reports say that Apple is attempting to create the thinnest iPhone ever made or possibly even the thinnest phone model ever. The Cupertino company is said to be reducing their handsets' thickness by 1mm. With this attempt, the only issue they find is the headphone jack which has 3.5mm diameter, so it had to go. The headphone jack will be removed and iPhone will instead use a Lightning connector.

Apple, according to some sources, will be bundling the Lightning connector with EarPods which will work perfectly with it. The tech giant also plans to incorporate a small digital analog converter into the connector and will then require a third party wired headphone manufacturer to either bundle Lightning adaptors with its 3.55mm headphones or make them Lightning port only to gain Apple MFi certification.

This latest move by the tech company might not be a surprise for some, as Apple has been previously hinting about this move during a session in WWDC last year. It was also widely known that they are investigating all possible alternatives to the 3.5mm jack for some time now.

The latest addition of the Lightning connector and the removal of the headphone jack or TRS connector might bring a little argument from consumers though. It is widely known that the 3.5mm headphone jack has been a standard in the industry. It is the longest running most widely accepted technology standard in today's world which has been around since 1878.

Aside from its history and its widely popular use, when one needs to replace their earphones it is easy to find a replacement from any brand. But with this latest report, a need for an adaptor to use an earphone or headphone might be a bit too much.