iPhone 7: The removal of the headphone jack might be a good thing

  • 8 years ago
Even though an one online petition urging Apple to keep the headphone jack drew more than 300,000 signatures, Apple justified the removal of the jack as a courageous move to ditch a 100-year-old technology and make more space inside the iPhone. “It makes no sense to tether ourselves with cables to our mobile devices,” said Phil Schiller, senior VP of worldwide marketing, said while announcing the AirPods that will cost $159. Chief design officer Jonathan Ive