You were warned that Apple was delivering the death penalty to its classic headphone port with the iPhone 7.

And yet, that warning was only cold comfort when Apple officially dealt the headphone port an untimely demise in favour of silly little AirPods during its iPhone launch today (September 7).

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Perfect for the ever-popular Call Centre Chic look, you'll now have to use your AirPods (which definitely aren't small enough to lose easily, right?) through the Lightning connector - where your iPhone charger plugs in.

So why is Apple doing this to us?!

"The reason to move on comes down to one word: Courage. Courage to move on, do something new to benefit all of us. Our team has tremendous courage," they announced on the worldwide livestream.

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Yeah, nobody's buying it:

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And people don't like those tiny AirPods either:

While the AirPods are definitely getting panned, Apple announced a chunk of more exciting products, updates and accessories during today's media event.

On top of TWO versions of the iPhone 7, we're also getting a new Apple Watch that will let you catch 'em all with a special edition of Pokémon GO.

Your favourite Nintendo plumber is finally coming to the App Store too for the first Mario iPhone and iPad-based game, Super Mario Run.

A little bit of everything from Apple, and plenty to complain about! Seems like the usual Apple iPhone launch to us.