一年N度的「大家一起猜蘋果下一代機機是啥樣」的活動一直如火如荼的舉辦著，從iPhone6s剛上市開始，iPhone7的傳聞就漫天飛舞。各種各樣的諜報、ID圖層出不窮，看的大家眼花繚亂難辨真假。But，下面這個消息，它很有可能是真的！
（文章轉譯自資深靠譜的蘋果爆料網站9to5mac，原文連結：http://tech.cnr.cn/techtx/20151128/t20151128_520626346.shtml）
Citing a reliable source, a report from Japanese blog Macotakara claims that Apple plans to remove the 3.5mm headphone port from the upcoming iPhone 7, helping to achieve a 「more than 1mm」 reduction in thickness compared to the iPhone 6s. While the screen shape and radius will remain similar, the device will once again become Apple’s thinnest iPhone ever, albeit with a new restriction: headphones will only be able to connect over Lightning or Bluetooth.
根據一個靠譜的消息：日本博客Macotakara聲稱，蘋果計劃從iPhone7開始，不在使用3.5mm的耳機插孔。相對於iPhone6s，這可以使手機的厚度減少超過1mm。屏幕形狀和半徑或將保持現狀，耳機接口變為lightning接口或藍牙。
Macotakara says that the 3.5mm port 「can hardly be thinner because it is the world standard,」 which is accurate, though the current-generation iPod touch is 1mm thinner than the iPhone 6s despite having a 3.5mm port inside. It should be noted that Apple actively contemplated switching to the smaller but less popular 2.5mm headphone port standard many years ago, abandoning the plan after users complained about the original iPhone’s recessed 3.5mm port. Instead, the company opted to wait until alternate headphone connection technologies became more popular, producing every iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Mac with a 3.5mm port. Apple introduced Lightning headphone specs last year, though very few actual Lightning headphones have been shown or shipped.
Macotakara表示，如果使用目前通用的世界標準3.5mm耳機接口，手機將很難變得更薄。這一點是毋庸置疑的，但是目前的這一代iPod touch比iPhone6s薄1mm，儘管也使用了3.5mm接口。纖薄一直是蘋果的理想，為了讓手機更纖薄，蘋果有考慮過切換到較小但不受歡迎的2.5mm耳機接口。去年，蘋果推出了lightning接口標準，但目前也幾乎只有蘋果一家在使用，相關的產品目前還比較少見。
iPhone5s的3.5mm耳機埠和Lightning埠厚度比較
The report claims that Apple will bundle Lightning connector-equipped EarPods with the next iPhone, incorporating a tiny DA (Digital to Analog) converter into the connector. To insure iPhone 7 compatibility, third-party wired headphone makers will need to include either Lightning cables or 3.5mm to Lightning adapters with their headphones. Bluetooth headphone makers will have no such issues.
據報告稱，蘋果將在下一代iPhone上採用lightning接口的Earpods，講一個小小的DA（數模）轉換到連接器。為了確保iPhone7的兼容性，第三方的有線耳機製造商需要額外製作轉換器，藍牙製造商暫時還不會有這樣的問題。
以後，我們要一起回憶那些年的3.5mm接口耳機嗎？