It’s also upset a lot of people, whose often high-priced cabled headphones now need an adapter to plug into the Lightning socket of the iPhone 7, should they buy one. But arguably the biggest problem for office workers around the country will be that the Lightning socket is the sole power source for charging the battery of the iPhone 7. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Apple’s Lightning dock, which is great if you don’t move desks and you can trust your co-workers not to steal nice shiny things when you’ve popped home for the night. Accessory-maker Belkin to the rescue then, with it’s new £35 Lightning Audio + Charge RockStar – terrible name, likely an essential buy for many just to use the included headphones and charge. One adapter plugged into the phone, another adapter plugged into the original adapter and the headphones plugged into the second adapter that’s plugged into the adapter plugged into the iPhone 7.

Source: The Guardian September 09, 2016 11:37 UTC