Apple set to abandon standard headphone jack following Beats purchase?
06 June 2014, 14:11
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
Following Apple’s £3 billion acquisition of Beats it looks like the company are set to put the purchase to good use, with the company rumoured to be phasing out the standard headphone jack.
Well, we say “good” - good business for Apple, as a switch to their lightning port connection will mean you’ll have to buy Apple headphones to use with your Apple devices. It’s not all bad news however, the new system will offer better lossless sound quality, but it’ll come at a hefty cost.
[via Forbes]
Latest
- Mahalia joins forces with Masicka on new single, "Different Types Of Love"
- Jack Garratt announces first studio album in five years, Pillars
- St. Vincent releases new single "DOA" as featured in A24's Death of a Unicorn
- Kesha details forthcoming sixth album alongside T-Pain collaboration, "YIPPEE-KI-YAY."
- Rico Nasty shares new single "ON THE LOW" and announces third album tracklisting
- Black Honey return with new single, "Psycho"
- VLURE unveil their first single in two years, "Better Days"
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Read next
News
Listen
Flavours' "Ground Up" is an intoxicatingly groovy bouquet
Bedridden’s "Philadelphia Got Me Through" feels like stepping into a mosh pit of angry gymnasts
Burgeoning indie-pop group late night drive home explore the dangers of the internet in “terabyte”
Escapist alt-pop auteur Erin LeCount presents her latest labyrinthine track "Marble Arch"
Waiting for Smith's "I Like Life" is a sun-soaked gambol
Sink into a blistering shoegaze soundscape with green star’s latest track “four-o-five”
Reviews
Great Grandpa
Patience, Moonbeam
26 Mar 2025
Deafheaven
Lonely People With Power
26 Mar 2025
Perfume Genius
Glory
26 Mar 2025
IDER
Late to the World
18 Mar 2025
