claim: drilling into the shell of an iphone 7 will reveal the device's missing headphone jack.
question: finding the ‘hidden’ iphone 7 headphone jack
origin: one of the many prominent rumors circulated about apple’s iphone 7 long before its september 2016 unveiling (and confirmed afterwards) was that the device would no longer include a traditional 3.55 mm headphone jack.  instead, apple announced, the iphone 7 would come with a set of apple earbuds designed to plug into the phone’s lightning connector port.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  shortly afterwards, some online pranksters played on that change, circulating a fool’s errand image suggesting that the headphone jack was still present on the new phones but “hidden behind the casing” and could be accessed by drilling a small hole in the device’s shell:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  we shouldn’t have to point out (but we will) that no amount of drilling will turn up the iphone 7’s “hidden” headphone jack, as such a jack is no longer a feature included with that device.  it’s possible the image was created simply as a joke mocking the company’s decision to drop the headphone jack, a decision that apple’s phil schiller maintained was made to make room for other, newer features:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  this is really important, our smartphones are packed with technologies … it’s all fighting for space. maintaining an ancient analogue connector doesn’t make sense.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: drilling a small hole into the shell of an iphone 7 won't help you find the device's "hidden" headphone jack.
summary: the iphone 7 is no longer equipped with a traditional 3.55 mm headphone jack. instead, the device comes with earbuds that plug into the phone's lightning connector port. some online pranksters played on that change, circulating a fool's errand image suggesting that the jack was still present on the new phones. no amount of drilling will turn up the iphone7’s “hidden” headphonejack, as such a jack is not a feature included with that device.