The 3.5mm headphone jack is an analog port. Using Lightning means you can, say, skip to the next track on your iPhone 7 straight from your headphones. It can also charge your headphones.

Apple just unveiled its new iPhone 7, which doesn't have a headphones jack. There will be a Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter or "dongle," which lets you use a traditional wired pair. Video courtesy of ...

But right now, Apple's iPhone 7 doesn't even support Powermat-style wireless charging. So when Apple removes the headphone jack, that means you can't charge the phone and listen to music through ...

It is a slight step back in Apple’s war on the headphone jack ... fact clash with a portless iPhone. “Since, such radio equipment cannot be recharged via wired charging, it does not need ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The iPhone 7 might not have a headphone jack, but it still comes with a dongle AND a pair of those classic wired earbuds. Here are three ways to prevent your ...