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>The lack of a standard 3.5 mm audio jack is disappointing for a product in this class, but to be expected from Apple.

They quietly released a lightning to 3.5mm audio jack cable today to go with these, for use with legacy gear. It's $35 and is somewhat over-engineered (allows bi-directional usage, containing both an ADC and a DAC).

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Interestingly, that cable seems to use a 3-conductor (TRS) 3.5mm connector as opposed the usual 4-conductor one found on EarBuds. So I guess that implies it doesn't carry mic input?

It's an unusual cable in that it's bidirectional, but it's not full duplex. So there's no mic input, but you can use it for both audio input and output (e.g., plane audio jack to headphones OR iPhone to vintage car head unit).

I strongly suspect a lightning-to-lightning connection (e.g., headphones to iPhone) would be full duplex though.

Thank you. I missed this part of the news. It is a nice addition for those that need it.

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