Twitter fires up over new iPhone 7

The New Daily
Sep 08, 2016, updated Jan 25, 2021

Anger seemed to be the main reaction to Apple’s unveiling of its new iPhone 7, specifically over the tech giant’s bold decision to remove the headphone jack.

The hashtag #bringbackthejack trended this morning, with Apple and iPhone 7 mentioned in millions of tweets in Australia alone.

While much of the internet raged, a healthy cohort of Twitter predictably chipped in with its usual dose of wit and sarcasm.

Some riffed on the phone’s new “force-touch” home button, others on the inability to charge and listen to music simultaneously.

But public enemy number one was Apple’s wireless earbuds, or Airpods, which got a roasting over their cost or the ease with which they can be lost.

Here is a selection of some of the best reactions.

They're trying to find their Air Pods #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/AV9YLJPlH3

— Ant Simpson (@antsimpson) September 7, 2016

https://twitter.com/victorbaro/status/773600317472509952

All that info on the most advanced iPhone yet AND a Sia concert, but still no news on how we fix this #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/OzrNXTwbZ7

— Luke Edgemon (@LukeEdgemon) September 7, 2016

To easily avoid losing those new Apple ear buds just find a way of attaching them to your phone with a string of some kind. #AppleEvent

— Adam Liaw (@adamliaw) September 8, 2016

I don't even own the new iPhone yet but I can guarantee you I have already lost one of my AirPod ear buds.

— Jesse Tyler Ferguson (he/him/his) (@jessetyler) September 7, 2016

So, #iPhone7 being unveiled today. Why don't @Apple just give up now and accept that perfection can never be beaten? pic.twitter.com/UsgyJtB5sn

— Jake Humphrey (@mrjakehumphrey) September 7, 2016

Sep 2017: The revolutionary iSplit module will allow you to finally listen to music AND charge your iPhone at the same time. #AppleEvent

— Reid Parker (@ReidParker_) September 7, 2016