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Title: The iPhone 12 might not include EarPods in the box and that’s OK
Post by: HCK on May 21, 2020, 04:05:15 pm
The iPhone 12 might not include EarPods in the box and that’s OK

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<p>We’ve been sharing a bunch of rumors lately about what the iPhone 12 will include, but now we have one about what it might lack. According to well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2020/05/20/kuo-no-free-earpods-iphone-12/" rel="nofollow">Apple is considering the removal of Lightning EarPods[/url] from all models of the iPhone 12 in an effort to spur AirPods adoption.</p><p>Before we debate the merits of this rumor, a little history: Apple made the “courageous” decision to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone 7 back in 2016 and took a bit of heat for it even though it included a 3.5mm-to-Lightning dongle in the box and a pair of Lightning EarPods. The free dongle went away in 2018 with the launch of the iPhone XS in 2018 and now it looks like the EarPods will follow suit.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3544630/the-iphone-12-might-not-include-earpods-in-the-box-and-that-s-ok.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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