“Your phone doesn't have a floppy drive,” reads the website for the Apple Plug, “and it shouldn't have a headphone connector.” Following the launch of the iPhone 7 – without a headphone jack – it highlights the cynicism some feel over Apple potentially making another hardware staple redundant.

From bass-heavy cans to Apple’s signature white earbuds, headphones are now ubiquitous; 41% of Americans wear them. Yet there are few pairs that can complement an outfit. Enter Frends, which produces luxury headphones for women, transforming audio equipment into a fashion accessory.

Futurologists – those allegedly able to predict the future – are in high demand from newspapers and major companies keen to see into the coming years. Yet the vast majority of predictions are wrong. What's the appeal of future-gazing? And what might mobilise our visions into the present?

Apple took a ruthless stance against extraneous ports in 2016, removing various inputs and outputs from the latest MacBook Pro model and leaving only the new USB-C connector. But people are clearly not ready for such drastic changes, and they’ve been buying adapters in droves.