Tiny tragedies: an iPhone 7 dongle story

Tiny tragedies: an iPhone 7 dongle story

7 years ago
Anonymous $wKBR2uNMvM

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/10/16196818/dongle-life-update-september-2017

I lost my iPhone 7's original, pack-in headphone jack adapter in Arizona on a family trip. The main thing I use my iPhone for is listening to podcasts and audiobooks whenever I’m going from point A to point B, so obviously this was devastating.

My first attempt to solve the problem was to reject wires altogether and buy some Bluetooth headphones. But I hate the pairing process, especially when switching between phone and laptop, and I also don't like the fact that my day is ruined if I forget to charge them. So I switched to the original Lightning headphones that came with my iPhone 7, even though they were conked out in one ear and don’t really fit very well. Life was suffering.