Eagle eyed Apple fans irritated by the absence of a 3.5mm headphone socket on the iPhone 7 Plus may have been somewhat appeased by signs of another speaker in its place. The row of holes, giving the base of the phone a pleasing symmetry, hinted at something going on inside. But a teardown by repair company iFixit has revealed the grille to be nothing more than an aesthetic adornment. “Closer inspection shows a new, second lower speaker grille that leads … nowhere? The second speaker in Apple’s stereo pair is simply the earpiece speaker at the top of the phone.

Source: The Guardian September 16, 2016 10:47 UTC