If Apple decides to
remove the headphone jack feature in its upcoming iPhone 7, you can jump ship and switch over to Android.
Not exact matches
One thing is clear, though: Apple has made it a hobby to
remove features from our devices, and after the
headphone jack, another one is gone.
Removing the
headphone jack (which is ubiquitous) is a
feature.
The next iPhones will reportedly also
feature a waterproof and dustproof design, which could be another reason why Apple may be
removing the 3.5 mm
headphone jack.
Our readers don't seem to be too happy about the removal of the 3.5 mm
headphone jack, but there could be a major backlash if they
remove a
feature and introduce this limitation.
It's certainly not the thorough leap I expected, with some of its biggest virtues being the presence of a 3.5 mm
headphone jack (meaning the fact that they didn't
remove a
feature).
But the Korean Giant appears to be
removing yet another
feature most of the customers like — the
headphone jack.
The top of the case
features an opening that could surround a 3.5 mm
headphone jack but with HTC being adamant to
remove this conventional port from its devices throughout 2017, it's unlikely to be making a return this winter.
Previous reports and speculations have claimed that Samsung is going to ditch the
headphone jack after Apple
removed the
feature from its iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models.