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> just so you are dependent on yet another Apple product The hardware requirements of a headphone jack put some very real limitations on phone design (waterpro
by zyxley 10y ago
> just so you are dependent on yet another Apple product
The hardware requirements of a headphone jack put some very real limitations on phone design (waterproofing, interior space taken up by the digital -> analog hardware, etc).
Whether that was the driving cause or not is in the air, but "getting people to buy Lightning stuff" isn't the only reason to do it.
- untog 10y agoCertainly not waterproofing, given that waterproof Android phones have had headphone jacks for a few years now.
- pearjuice 10y agoThe iPhone 7 is not waterproof but splash resistant at most. Xperia line is and it has a jack. Interior space? You noticed the camera bulge, right? It is a fad they are pushing.