I used to hate Bluetooth as well and my prior experiences have been exactly like the author described. However a few months ago I took the bold step of buying a

I used to hate Bluetooth as well and my prior experiences have been exactly like the author described. However a few months ago I took the bold step of buying a pair of Power Beats. And I use them with my SONY Walkman. I was pleasantly surprised when the whole setup just worked out of the box and the SONY and the Beats were able to communicate. Hooray. However this still doesn't eliminate the wires. The beats have a cable between them which annoyingly sticks to the back of my neck when I turn my head and unplugs either ear. Almost as annoying as my original wired head plugs. And then there's the recharging, which isn't big of a deal of itself but ofc after the recharging I have to reconnect the devices. And obv there's the occasional glitch that it doesn't work the first time and I have to redo it and then it works on the second time. Anyway, even if Apple does in fact remove the ubiquitous 3.5 mm stereo jack I'm sure plenty of people will bitch and moan and still buy it. Such are the fanboys (;