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WTF is up with the iPhone 7's headphones?

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Apple revealed the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus on Wednesday night, and while everyone is pretty jazzed about the planned battery life and better cameras, Apple fans were quick to pick up on some of the more "out there" decisions regarding their headphones.

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Apple's iconic white earbuds have been a design institution for over a decade, but now they're taking a turn for the Extremely Futuristic As Designed By Men In Earnest Jeans.

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No longer will you have wires dangling from your ears; rather, you'll be splashing out the best part of £159 for wireless 'AirPods' which will synch up with your phone. You'll get five hours of battery life from them, so make sure you take spares if you're planning any particularly epic runs.

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Any similarities between Apple's new AirPods and your ancient Sonicare heads are a total coincidence.

And what of your bogstandard normal headphones, you ask? WHAT INDEED.

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There will be no jack in the iPhone 7.

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No, if you want to use your old school headphones, you'll have to use an extension plugged into the lightning socket, meaning that you can use your current headphones OR charge your phone, but you can't do both at the same time. So that new battery life they're talking about had better be pretty snazzy.