One of the new features on the iPhone 7 Plus is totally useless

[kids]

There are some things in life that appear to have no purpose – your appendix, nipples on men and non-alcoholic lager.

Now, one of the new features on the iPhone 7 Plus has just been added to this list – something that was spotted by eagle eyed users.

OK, they adjusted the headphone socket – that was controversial enough, but now iPhone owners have found a speaker grille in its place, the problem is there is no speaker behind the grille as a teardown repair company found when they took the device apart.

In a YouTube video, iFixit revealed that the new speaker grille essentially leads to to nowhere and is totally useless.

The space is instead filled up by a slightly larger battery, a larger haptic feedback system and a Taptic Engine.

Source: ThaiRath

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[waltdisnae]

It's probably purely for aesthetics (it looks better that it's symmetrical) , or maybe it is used as an outlet for removing water from the device similar to the watch.

[aadb3363]

That's exactly why. Aesthetics.

[ssrij]

It's used as a barometric vent so the barometer can work properly and accurately.

[aadb3363]

Actually it's aesthetics. A barometer doesn't need that.