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People Are Drilling Holes Into Their iPhone 7 To 'Make a Headphone Jack' (craveonline.com)
TechRax -- a popular YouTuber who destroys technology for fame and riches -- has uploaded a video where he drills a hole into an iPhone 7, claiming it to be a "secret hack" to reinstall a headphone jack in the device. The only problem is that he didn't tell people it was a joke, and of course, some people fell for it. Crave Online reports: The YouTube video has amassed over 7.5 million views since being posted online last week, with it attracting 81,000 dislikes in the process. The comments section is currently torn between people who are in on the joke, people who criticize TechRax for damaging his iPhone 7, and most unfortunately, people who have tried the "hack" out for themselves. Although this is YouTube so you can never be quite sure of whether or not these folks are trolling, parsing the comments section reveals some pretty convincing complaints lobbed in TechRax's direction. It's also firmly believable that there are people dumb enough to attempt drilling a hole into their iPhone 7, which is unfortunate but that's the way the world is in 2016. You can read the comments under the YouTube video for more "convincing complaints." But as if the report didn't make it clear enough already, the video is a joke. Apple removed the headphone jack and there's no way to get it back, unless you use an adapter.
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You have to be stupid to buy an iPhone in the first place, so how can you expect them not to be stupid enough to fall for this?
i drilled the hole, just lime he showed in the video. you noobs just don't know how to do it.
Am I on Digg?
After you drill the hole for the 3.5mm head phone jack, you have to purchase a special iPhone plug to make it waterproof again. I'd be willing to sell you the plugs for $10 each.
Mark
There's absolutely zero proof anyone has done it bar the video. Yet it's being reported as fact?
Between this sort of "news" and the click bait SJW stuff (no not all the discrimination is SJW) I'm wondering why I bother anymore.
Shell of what it once was.
But is not even remotely as simple as it appears from the video. You need to carefully drill the whole exactly at the place shown in the video. That's because (obviously) they only covered it up and didn't physically remove the headphone connector - why would they, costs like a few pennies, much more expensive to redesign the board. Try it out for yourself, if you do it the right way it works!
Wait that actually was true... with floppy disks.
If you're ignorant enough to buy a $700 cellphone that comes with no headphone jack, then chances are you're ignorant enough to take a power drill to it. You'll find my sympathy somewhat lacking here.
Good people go to bed earlier.
You'd think that, that many views would tell apple that people would like the headphone jack to remain. But I know they don't care. Hopefully other manufacturers will realize this and not remove it too. Regardless, I have no plans to get a new phone until my currently 2 generation old phone dies.
Yep just like how the non-removable battery didn't catch on. I mean how could a non-removable battery be a safety issue or cost a company billions in lost stock value?
It would be courageous of Apple to allow people to return phones for a full refund if they didn't know it lacked this basic feature.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
No chance in hell. Apple is going to make a fortune selling replacement AirPods.
The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!
I was surprised that It still worked (the phone not the jack) but considering it did they apparently didn't do anything with the space they saved.
Minimum threshold fixed. Thanks!
And, apparently, replacement iPhones...
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
but drilling a hole will let all the courage out.