[20yrs_no_equity]

Apple jumped the shark in 2001 with the iPod. People have been saying that for decades.

There is no use case for the headphone jack that can't be better handled by the lightening connector or bluetooth. Seriously. Want to integrate something from sparkfun? Bluetooth is what you want.

I think it's kinda funny how Apple haters / android zealots always talk about how Apple has lost its way, every time they do something new and significant.

iPod: complaints iPhone: complaints Mac Pro: complaints iPad: complaints and jokes Apple Watch: complaints. All of these have been hugely successful products.

But the day of their announcement people complained about how much they obviously sucked.

[majewsky]

> There is no use case for the headphone jack that can't be better handled by the lightening connector or bluetooth. Seriously. Want to integrate something from sparkfun? Bluetooth is what you want.

Using your existing 250€ wired headphones while the phone is charging. Doesn't seem that outlandish to me.

[20yrs_no_equity]

Since you're charging, by definition you're not mobile.

Easy: http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/09/08/belkin-announces-s...

[Turing_Machine]

"There is no use case for the headphone jack that can't be better handled by the lightening connector or bluetooth."

Using a quality external microphone.

[20yrs_no_equity]

Audio can go both ways over lightening.

[Turing_Machine]

Nope. The Lightning port is a purely digital connector. Using an external analog microphone would require some kind of external ADC (i.e., one more bit of kit to misplace).