iPhone 7's Secondary Speaker Holes May Be Purely Cosmetic

[dannyyankou]

The iPhone 4 also had a microphone disguised as a speaker grill

 

[blairh]

Hope this isn't true.

 

[Pilgrim1099]

The iPhone 4 also had a microphone disguised as a speaker grill

I used to have this model a few years ago and upgraded to 5C and now the 6 Plus when it first came out.

You're right that the iPhone 4 has two speakers and had a 3.5 jack on top of it. I'm wondering if that's exactly what they're doing? So people might have a choice of using 3.5 on top or use the Lightning for BT at the bottom.

My original iPod had that as well until iPod touch had the jack at the bottom.

 

[Appleaker]

True. Multiple mics for noise cancellation? Better voice recognition capabilities?

Hopefully something like that. I think the holes will be drilled through but in a later process so I think it'll be for microphones.

 

[Shark5150]

All these slams on Apple, and, to think that this is merely a rumor right now.

 

[dannyyankou]

I used to have this model a few years ago and upgraded to 5C and now the 6 Plus when it first came out.

You're right that the iPhone 4 has two speakers and had a 3.5 jack on top of it. I'm wondering if that's exactly what they're doing? So people might have a choice of using 3.5 on top or use the Lightning for BT at the bottom.

My original iPod had that as well until iPod touch had the jack at the bottom.

It didn't have 2 speakers, it only had one and the other was a mic disguised as a speaker.

 

[LoveToMacRumors]

More holes = better ventilation

 

[ramonabynes]

All these slams on Apple, and, to think that this is merely a rumor right now.

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so what do you think of the (probably true) rumor, hun?

 

[44267547]

THANK you. been sifting through pages of comments to see if somebody actually knew anything about cars, cringing at people bringing up the CLK as if it looks at all like one. you sir, know something.

So, your on a tech forum and have been 'Sifting' through pages of comments to see if anyone knows something about cars? That makes complete sense. You Sir, are on the wrong forum.

 

[Pilgrim1099]

It didn't have 2 speakers, it only had one and the other was a mic disguised as a speaker.

I didn't realize that although it would have been obvious by looking at the speaker grilles.

 

[gaximus]

Dual speakers on one edge of the phone wouldn't be any different than just having one speaker anyway.

Unless they used it to split frequencies

 

[John Mcgregor]

I wouldn't.

Alright then ...

 

[doctor-don]

It will allow the iPhone 7 to sink faster in water.

 

[THE JUICEMAN]

Apple is trying to sell as many Galaxy Note 7s as much as possible

Comment of the year. Well done lol

 

[ghost187]

This is a whole new low for Apple. Fake speaker holes on a flagship product? They're gonna get burned by the media for this if it is true. Probably even sued. Deception Gate?

 

[alexandr]

this is lovely. maybe next time we can sacrifice the volume buttons for a decoy camera or something nifty like that.

 

[euvnairb]

That is absolutely pathetic Apple! WTF is the point in removing the much used headphone jack then?

 

[Mercifull]

One of the exhausts on my car is purely cosmetic...

 

[nope7308]

I advise taking a look at my earlier post: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-purely-cosmetic.1987693/page-6#post-23232016

Right. That amount of space for a "larger" battery? You'd stand a better chance of improving battery performance through OS optimization. Besides, that would improve battery life by what, 5%? What's more important -- an additional 10 minutes of standby time, or the ability to use existing headphones with your mobile phone?

Enough with the Apple apologetics already. Competitors have much better battery performance with a headphone jack; there's simply no rational justification for its elimination.

 

[jonnysods]

There goes the waterproofing!

 

[44267547]

That is absolutely pathetic Apple! WTF is the point in removing the much used headphone jack then?

Well, we don't anything yet until Apple confirms it. We don't even know if Apple is indefinitely removing the 3.5 Jack. All speculation at this point.

 

[ActionableMango]

Antennagate be damned, the 4/4S is the most beautiful iPhone.

 

[pbasmadj]

Apple is not drilling holes for cosmetics. There is a purpose if not to house another speaker but for some type of acoustic purpose.

Thanks for speaking confidently on behalf of Apple on that design issue that hasn't been released yet.

 

[btrach144]

Sorry, nice try Steve. Despite your prediction when the iPhone came out,

Apple's iPhone has hit the BILLION mark. Better get back to your basketball team.

What does Steve Ballmer have to do with my comment? I simply implied Apple is trashing the iPhone. As a result, Samsung's offering is appealing from a hardware perspective.

Sorry but I'm not falling for your off topic troll bait.

 

[pmau]

Hardware is hardware. And some of what Samsung is doing there these days is impressive. But at the end of the day it's still running Android. Lipstick on a pig.

It's more like, you take a pig, put lipstick on it. It looks great. Then, you let it out and it runs to the nearest pool of mud to jump into. That's called Android.
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More holes = better ventilation

It's because it SHOULD NOT be waterproof
The water needs to know where to hit the battery. The contacts are directly behind the fake holes.