[PhasmaFelis]

> Do you really think the audio jack was removed because of thinness?

That and to shill overpriced, easy-to-lose Bluetooth earbuds, yeah.

> You may think shrinkage is pointless, but that's clearly not what the market or the top designers think. Why do you want a giant, useless, 100+ year old analog port on your 2017 device? I don't. Its ugly.

How on earth is a tiny, inconspicuous round hole uglier than a big dangly headphone adapter?

That aside, this is exactly the problem I'm talking about. The "top designers" have decided that phones are fashion accessories first and working tools second. I like good design as much as the next guy, but good design is functional. A pretty tool that doesn't work properly is useless.