Apple is officially ditching the headphone port on the iPhone 7

A 3.5mm to Lightning adapter will be included with each iPhone 7/7 Plus, so even if you jump ship to these newfangled headphones, you can still use you aux cord effectively. Good luck charging and listening though.

The company - which owns the Beats brand of headphones - have drawn ire for their decision to jettison the port. Apparently it's, erm, because they're brave. Change for change's sake? Not quite: it's also to save space for other machinery inside (the 3.5mm is single use whereas Lightning can do it all). They also want to plug (no pun intended) new wireless features (AirPods) and headphones. It probably doesn't harm that Apple owns the lightning port/connector and can deliberately restrict and veto third-party usage, or license it out for a fee.

"If you've been interested purely in the audio quality then a wired connection has always been best," says Simon Lucas of What Hi-fi. "You have greater stability - there's no possibility of drop-outs. Wireless headphones also need to be charged, and the louder you listen to them the quicker they will run out of power. With regards to headphones with a lightning connector, there's only about eight pairs currently available and they will all have had to pay Apple a licence to use its proprietary connector."

Unsurprisingly, Apple also confirmed a range of new Beats headphones.

The new iPhones also have stereo speakers. There's new camera stuff and other things too, but Apple don't seem to be implementing the much-talked-about infrared tech that could stop you taking pictures at gigs.

The keynote was kind of a dud, unless you're super into watches or Nintendo, with the Apple Music portion glossed over in a perfect storm of data-dumping and bragging. Bigger, better, shinier, powerfuller, but nothing groundbreaking this year.

This rebellion against #iPhone7 headphone jacks isn't about a resistance to change. It's about wanting to use high-quality headphones.

— Amy Webb (@amywebb) September 7, 2016