Maybe that adapter gets so popular that a phone designer comes up with the revolutionary idea of integrating it into the phone itself. Those who were around du

Maybe that adapter gets so popular that a phone designer comes up with the revolutionary idea of integrating it into the phone itself. Those who were around during the days of early 'home computers' - think Commodore bread boxes, Sinclair door stops etc - might remember the evolution from those devices which generally lived in a jungle of cords emenating from their sides and backs, connecting them to power supplies and peripherals to the more streamlined versions which came later - Commodore 128D, Amstrad all-in-ones, various species of MSX and yes, the original Apple Macintosh - which had most of the essentials built-in. Having one of those on your desk really separated you from the plebs who still lived in the jungle. Apple seems to have forgotten that part of its heritage.