Apple may quickly discontinue the Lightning to three.5mm headphone adapter. The corporate’s on-line retailer within the US and several other different international locations already lists the merchandise as “bought out.”

The adapter continues to be obtainable on the market in some international locations. Nevertheless, as soon as current shares run out, Apple is unlikely to replenish it.

Apple quietly phasing out the Lightning to three.5mm adapter?

Apple launched the Lightning to three.5mm adapter alongside the iPhone 7 lineup in 2016. These have been the primary iPhones to launch and not using a headphone jack, triggering its demise. The corporate bundled the jack for the preliminary few years with new iPhones earlier than stopping.

MacRumors studies that Apple now solely sells the Lightning to three.5mm headphone adapter in chosen international locations. This consists of India, France, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In all different main markets, Apple lists the adapter as “bought out.”

Lightning’s dying is close to

This might be one other transfer from Apple to part out Lightning fully. The corporate lastly up to date its Mac equipment, just like the Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse, with a USB-C port alongside the M4 iMac refresh.

The one units Apple nonetheless sells with a Lightning connector are the iPhone 14 sequence and iPhone SE. The latter will get an improve in Q1 subsequent 12 months with the arrival of the iPhone SE 4, ditching Lightning in favor of USB-C.

For newer iPhones, Apple sells the USB-C to three.5mm headphone jack adapter for $9. However for those who nonetheless use an iPhone with a Lightning connector, you’ll have to modify to wi-fi earbuds or get a third-party adapter.