Meanwhile, outside the world of overpriced fashion-statement status symbol flagship smartphones, on the long tail of cheap devices that normal people actually b

Meanwhile, outside the world of overpriced fashion-statement status symbol flagship smartphones, on the long tail of cheap devices that normal people actually buy, the headphone jack is alive and well, and will continue to be as long as people want 50 dollar Android phones that play music. You can't kill something so cheap and ubiquitous and functional by pretending it doesn't exist. --- >There are still approximately 600 bazillion devices that still feature the headphone jack. A total and complete phase-out, if it ever truly happens, will take years if not decades to truly take effect Yes! Precisely. But then: >The fight to save the headphone jack is over. It sure seems like we lost. How does that remotely follow?