Apple risked the ire of music fans everywhere when it announced the iPhone 7 would not feature a 3.5mm headphone jack. Sure, you can use a pair of Lightning port-compatible headphones, but what about listening to music while charging your phone? That's where this Kickstarter project comes in.
Called Res, it's basically an adapter for the iPhone that adds a 3.5mm headphone jack as well as another Lightning port. Inside the adapter is a DAC that will upscale tunes to 24-bit/192kHz. It also doubles as a Qi wireless charger.
This will be a blessing for anyone who doesn't want to replace their high-end headphones with a new Bluetooth or Lightning pair.
With a growing number of Android phones following Apple's lead and ditching the headphone jack, there are also USB-C and microUSB versions of Res.
