"Earphone Jack" which may be abolished with iPhone 7 was a terminal born in the 19th century

ByKārlis Dambrāns

With Apple's new iPhone "iPhone 7"Conventional 3.5mm earphone jack is abolishedIt is reported as, and seeking survival of earphone jackMore than 270,000 digital signaturesAre gathered. BBC News summarizes that the history of 3.5 mm earphone jack that has been popular with so many people has continued since the 19 th century.

The 19th Century plug that's still being used - BBC News
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The 3.5 mm plug is a miniaturized "standard plug (6.35 mm)" which was mainstream in the 19 th century. The standard plug is still used in guitar cables and audio equipment, but it was a very old standard that appeared in 1878 and was then used for a telephone exchanger at that time.

ByBoston Public Library

3.5mm plug in the middle of the 20th centuryTransistor radioDue to popularization of personal headsets for use, it has become commonly used, and now there are not enough audio equipment without a 3.5 mm jack.Audio Engineering Society"A 3.5 mm jack is not a bad design from a technological point of view", said Charlie Slee, a member of the AES (AES), saying that to a practical and flexible design that is configurable with inexpensive parts It is said that it is becoming.

Although Apple may abolish such a 3.5 mm jack on the next iPhone, Apple has "achievements" that have abolished the standards before rivals. Earlier Apple also released the 1998 "First iMac"We quickly discontinue 3.5 inch floppy disk drive,"MacBook Air 2008 modelWe also abolished the optical drive from.

Dr. Simon Hall, the top of the acoustic engineering department of the Birmingham Museum of Art, said, "In recent years, 3.5mm jacks have been standardized for cell phones and MP3 players, which is a relatively recent luxury." Until a long time ago, a special adapter was necessary for professional equipment in the condition that a separate audio adapter was necessary to use the earphone for mobile phones, and Apple's "3.5 mm jack cancellation" There is a view that it is too early.

However, Apple is a new type of Mac DVD driveParallel port- The standard USB port has been removed, and we are moving to the transition to Lightning. According to Horace Dediu, a technology analyst with detailed knowledge of Apple, "The general abolition of a 3.5 mm jack that would actually have taken decades from Apple that would have taken ten to fifteen years is probably five years It will be shortened to the span of ~ 7 years. "

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