I once mourned the loss of 3.5mm audio jacks on phones. With this little accessory, I can bring 3.5mm back to any phone I ...

No headphone ... the gear you can use to solve the annoyances imposed by Apple’s “courageous” decision to drop the headphone jack in 2016. Apple’s Lightning to 3.5mm adapter Apple saved ...

You can still use ... headphones — if you get your hands on a USB-C headphone adapter. Just plug it into the charging port, and then plug your headphones into the 3.5mm audio jack on the other ...

which was the first iPhone to no longer include a 3.5mm headphone jack. If you wanted to use wired headphones (aside from the Lightning EarPods that came in the box), you would need this adapter.

Back in 2016, Apple decided it was time to dump the headphone jack ... there's no reason to upgrade anything at all. In fact, if you need a new adapter, you have options, even if Apple isn ...