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Possible iPhone 7 Lightning to 3.5 mm Adapter Surfaces in New Photos

As shown in the pictures shared today, the adapter's cord appears short and visually similar to that of Apple's current adapters sold on its website, including the USB-C to USB and Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet accessories. The Lightning plug does not appear to fit particularly well into its sheath, but it's unclear if it might be an incomplete part, damaged during disassembly, or simply a knockoff product.
When the Lightning to 3.5 mm adapter is plugged into a device running iOS 9 or lower, the software displays an incompatibility message to the user, but when used on devices with a beta of iOS 10 installed, the dongle appears to work "immediately" without any issues. The author also notes that if headphones are plugged into both the standard headphone jack on a current iPhone and the adapter connected to Lightning, the device gives priority to the Lightning port for audio output.

While the adapter shown today could still potentially be a third-party product, it fits with Apple's design aesthetic and its ability to function with the large number of 3.5 mm headphones already in the wild could be a better solution than a previous, sketchy rumor that hinted at Lightning-enabled EarPods coming with the iPhone 7.
Regardless of whether this leaked adapter is a genuine Apple product or not, Apple's solution will undoubtedly be sleeker than most other current third-party solutions, but many users remain opposed to the removal of the headphone jack that will cause conflicts for users looking to use wired headphones and charge their devices simultaneously.
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I'm pretty convinced to switch to Android for my next phone, and I never thought I'd say that.
Macrumors, I think you mean 'Dongle', not adapter. What's an adapter?
adapter
əˈdaptə/
noun
a device for connecting pieces of equipment that cannot be connected directly.
"the adapter converts the lightning port to a 3.5 mm headphone jack"
A dongle is a small piece of hardware that connects to another device to provide it with additional functionality.
In this instance you are not adding functionality but merely adapting the port. An adapter is the correct usage.
Apple's solution will undoubtedly be sleeker than most other current third-party solutions ('https://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/23/headphone-jack-to-lightning-adapter/')
There is nothing in any way "sleek" about needing an adapter.
Oh well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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