--- description: If Apple's New Year's resolution was to slim down, the company is accomplishing it title: Apple's iPhone 7 Will Likely Not Have a Headphone Jack image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Apple's iPhone 7 Will Almost Definitely Be Missing a Headphone Jack by [Chris Matthews / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Chris Matthews / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2016 2:47 PM CUT by [Chris Matthews / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Chris Matthews / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2016 2:47 PM CUT Apple’s Tim Cook might just be that crazy after all. The company is reportedly ready to eliminate the standard 3.5mm headphone jack from the next edition of its iPhone, the iPhone 7, [according to a report in _Fast Company._](http://www.fastcompany.com/3055208/its-true-apple-will-drop-the-headphone-jack-to-make-the-iphone-7-slimmer-and-simpler "undefined") Rumors about this move have been floating around for months. As _Fortune’_s resident Apple expert Philip Elmer-DeWitt [argued in November](http://fortune.com/2015/11/30/apple-iphone7-audio-jack/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"), “Apple would be crazy to drop it on the iPhone,” because it would force millions of customers to ditch headphones and other hardware that connects to the port, that they have come to know and love. In their place, Apple users would have to resort to bluetooth headphones, or as _Fast Company_ reports, “the new phone will rely on its Lightning cable port for sound output to wired headphones.” Elmer-DeWitt noted that this would be frustrating for users, but that it’s not an unprecedented move. He wrote: --- > “” --- _Fortune_ has reached out to Apple for comment and will update the story if it responds. _This_ [_article_](http://fortune.com/2016/01/08/apple-headphone-jack-iphone7/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_Fortune.com_](http://fortune.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4172640/iphone-headphone-missing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4172640/iphone-headphone-missing/"},"headline":"Apple's iPhone 7 Will Almost Definitely Be Missing a Headphone Jack","datePublished":"2016-01-08T14:47:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:07:13.781Z","description":"If Apple's New Year's resolution was to slim down, the company is accomplishing it","url":"https://time.com/4172640/iphone-headphone-missing/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Gadgets","Smartphones","iPhone","Rumors","Tim cook","headphones","iphone 7"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Matthews / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4172640/iphone-headphone-missing/","name":"Apple's iPhone 7 Will Almost Definitely Be Missing a Headphone Jack"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Tech Time: How to Use a Smarter, More Convenient Siri","description":"TIME's Alex Fitzpatrick shows you the ins and outs of using Siri.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/P6k2lZo2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-14T23:45:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/P6k2lZo2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4172640/iphone-headphone-missing/","duration":"PT1M25S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4172640/iphone-headphone-missing/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```