Prank video on iPhone 7’s headphone port goes viral
Clip of man drilling hole watched 10m times
Avideo claiming that users can add a headphone socket to the iPhone 7, which only has a Lightning port, by drilling into the bottom of their phone has been watched almost 10 million times.
The prank video shows a man drilling a 3.5mm hole into the bottom left edge of the iPhone 7 held in a vice. It points to the row of small holes on the left side that replaced the headphone socket present on the iPhone 6S and claims that drilling into the second hole on the left reveals a hidden socket.
Once the hole has been drilled the video shows an iPhone 7 playing music, although the sound comes out of the speakers, not the white headphones now inserted in the DIY hole.
The video was produced by Sacramento, Californiabased Ukrainian YouTuber Taras Maksimuk who “specialises in smashing technology for your pleasure” according to his profile. Some of Maksimuk’s other videos include ‘What happens if you microwave an iPhone 7’ and ‘Can the iPhone 7 survive in liquid nitrogen for five minutes?’.
In total, Maksimuk has seven videos showing him destroying iPhone 7s, but that seemingly hasn’t stopped people from drilling holes into the bottom of their new iPhones and causing irreparable damage.
The YouTube video’s comment section — normally a place filled with vitriol and despair for humanity — was full of people claiming to have performed the operation and destroying their iPhone 7 in the process, the sincerity of which is questionable.