iPhone 7

AIt’s one and half minute DIY hack to get back the long gone 3.5mm jack on the Apple iPhone 7. We saw the guy plugging earphones into the drilled jack and playing a song. Obviously, the sound was coming from the phone itself.

Last month, Apple sent the “See you on the 7th” invites and as always, the world went crazy about the launch of the new iPhone which continued Apple’s legacy of making their hardware more proprietary, removing the scope for “open” things to exist in Apple’s ecosystem. It’s true, such things don’t deserve to be there, where people just buy any device flaunting a bitten Apple logo on its back.

But in the case of the iPhone 7, what everyone wanted to know was how Apple would justify its widely leaked decision to remove support for normal headphone jacks.

At the San Francisco event, marketing chief Phil Schiller suggested his firm had been motivated by "courage".

But it seems that was an invitation to the net's many cynics and critics to weigh in.

Below are some of the comments posted about the firm ditching the 3.5mm socket and promoting its new Airpod earbuds.

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That’s the conclusion many are drawing after credible leak after credible leak revealed a device that’s a minimal upgrade on the iPhone 6S. But there might just be a very good reason for this…

It shows what's purported to be Apple's upcoming iPhone 7 to be the same size as the 6s.

"They've done a lot with the design already. They're keeping multiple design languages to keep their customer base happy. The SE, for example, has the old design language, while the 6 and 6s have the new design language," said Kevin Krewell, an analyst with Tirias Research.

It's all 'sources said', but DigiTimes (via TechRadar) claims an insider told them Apple has now done extensive testing with waterproofing and a new home button, which is described as more of a 'sensor' than an actual button.

We still have a long wait to find out how true these reports are.

The iPhone 7 is likely to be formally unveiled around September 2016.

Another rumour going around is that the new iPhone won't have a traditional headphone port, suggesting that owners will have to use wireless headphones with their handset.

French website Nowherelse is the latest publication to reveal an image of the device, this one highlighting the design changes that could be in store.

The handset pictured in the leak appears to sport a larger camera lens than the iPhone 6S, judging by the size of the gap reserved for the sensor.

This could signal a major camera upgrade, although the picture provides no evidence to support claims that the device will rock a dual-lens snapper.

That's according to the occasionally-reliable Apple blog Mac Otakara, which also claims to have obtained details about the device's design.

Although the source doesn't divulge how similar the handset will look to the 6S, they note that it will measure in the same height and width.

However, the iPhone 7 is said to be marginally slimmer than the current model thanks to the thinner LCD panel that serves as its screen.

The more slender design could also be the result of Apple remodelling the traditional headphone jack in favour of its own brand of input.