A short cable that allows wired headphones with the traditional 3.5mm mini-phone connector to plug into the Lightning port of an iPhone. Starting with the iPhone 7, Apple eliminated the analog ...
Lightning is one end of the cable ... knell to analog audio began with the iPhone 7 when Apple eliminated the 3.5mm earphones jack, a standard since the 1950s (see mini-phone connector).
Apple discontinued AirPods Max with Lightning when AirPods Max with USB-C debuted last fall. However, you can still easily ...