Apple to stop including Lightning to headphone adapter with 2018 iPhone line

Barclays analyst Blayne Curtis reported on Monday that he believes Apple will stop including the Lightning to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter within the box of future iPhone models.

The change will primarily impact Cirrus Logic, Apple’s main supplier of audio-related components. Blayne notes that Barclays has lowered its quarterly and yearly revenue guidance for the supplier by up to 5%.

Apple introduced the Lightning to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter alongside the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus which launched without a headphone jack in late 2016. The report doesn’t mention if Apple will stop selling the accessory and retire it all together, or if it will continue to offer the adapter online and at Apple retail locations.

So far Blayne Curtis’s report is a mere prediction, and its likely we will have to wait until closer to the release of the new iPhone handsets to see if the report turns out to be truthful.