The iPhone 7 might not come with noise-cancelling headphones after all

The word on the grapevine is that Apple’s upcoming iPhone 7 is set to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack that has long since been a staple of the smartphone and many others. One is a piece of decoding software, or a codec, that would enable headphones to use a digital input (the Lightning connector) instead of an analog headphone jack.

The much rumoured loss of the classic headphone jack from the next version of Apple’s iPhone may leave open space for something else loudpspeakers.

According to Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis and Christopher Hemmelgarn, they have suggested that in place of the headphone port, Apple will introduce a second speaker. Whether the iPhone 5se will get the same treatment remains to be seen.

Other smartphones on the market are already featuring stereo speakers – which means that some of these devices sport them on opposite ends, providing better panning, especially when using the phone in landscape mode.

Last month, a rumor speculated that the iPhone 7 will purportedly employ a noise-cancelling technology from Wolfson Microelectronics, a company bought by Cirrus back in 2014. However, Apple lovers are still keeping up hopes for Advanced Noise Cancellation technology.

Sounds great, doesn’t it?

When it comes to the hardware improvements, the Pocket Lint blog reported that iPhone 7 might feature Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon processors that pack a superfast new modem. “Recent speculation surrounding the elimination of the headphone jack in the IP7 is consistent with this move as AAPL will need to provide a digital headset inbox”. This feature may nonetheless arrive in 2017 and be one of the best-selling points of the iPhone 7s. The current generation EarPods really make my ears ache after hardly any time at all.