It is generally believed that Apple does this to make the body of the iPhone 7 thinner. Previously, Kuo Ming-chi also released news that the thickness of the iPhone 7 is only 6.1mm. However, some designers believe that , Apple’s decision to cancel the headphone jack is not simply to make the iPhone thinner. This decision may have a deeper purpose.
Apple has previously obtained a patent to integrate the Touch ID fingerprint scanning function into the mobile phone screen. Without the Home button of Touch ID, its usage scenarios become even fewer. In addition, news has spread more than once that Apple will cancel the Home button.
The screen sizes of the main iPhone models are 4.7 and 5.5 inches. Although compared with Android phones, this size is not large, but compared with other phones of the same size, the entire iPhone body It needs to be bigger. The Home button at the bottom of the fuselage is the fundamental reason why the size of the iPhone cannot be reduced. If the Home button is cancelled, the size of the lower and upper parts of the iPhone can be made smaller, and the front design will look simpler, giving more space to the screen, which is often referred to as a larger screen-to-body ratio.
In addition, when comparing the headphone plug on the iPhone, we found that the length of the plug is basically the same as the width of the lower part of the iPhone screen. In other words, after canceling the headphone jack, while the screen size remains unchanged, The overall size of the mobile phone can be greatly reduced. Of course, the space inside a mobile phone is precious. The elimination of the headphone jack does not mean that the iPhone can be as small as the screen. However, it is certain that it can be smaller than the current size.