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Yes. I believe they did it for several reasons, and while selling more accessories is probably one reason, I suspect it’s a fairly insignificant one. I can’t im
by baddox 8y ago
Yes. I believe they did it for several reasons, and while selling more accessories is probably one reason, I suspect it’s a fairly insignificant one. I can’t imagine that dongle sales affect their bottom line much, and while AirPods are a big hit, that probably would have been the case regardless of the headphone jack removal.
I suspect the two most significant reasons were to reduce manufacturing cost/complexity and to improve reliability (one less physical port to get dirty and break, one less entry point for water damage).
- threeseed 8y agoYou missed the most significant reason of all: space. Headphone jacks take up quite a bit of space that can be used to improve battery life.
- Freestyler_3 8y agoThe space they could save if they removed the screen... Just buy a separate blue-tooth screen.
- Freestyler_3 8y agoYou are downvoting me now, but realistically speaking its not that far fetched. I mean you'll get a screen on some other surface (eye/glasses)