What’s worse than a dongle? No dongle

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Apple’s iPhone launch event yesterday was so full of good news that the company apparently couldn’t find the time to disclose a couple of less happy developments in its product range. First, the three-year-old iPhone 6S and two-year-old iPhone SE models are being discontinued, which is significant because they were the last remaining iPhones with headphone jacks that Apple was selling. Second, the Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter that Apple used to ship in the box with its iPhones is now gone.

If you’re buying an iPhone XS, XR, 8, or 7, from today onward, you will no longer have a direct way to connect your wired headphones to your shiny new device. The dongle that previously came free in the box is now only available as an...

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