[dstryr]

>> 1. There's really no space for it, if you look at teardowns. So something took its place.

This guy was able to add the headphone jack back into an iPhone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfbE3_uAMA). The argument that there is really no space just isn't true.

[saagarjha]

…by ruining the Taptic Engine, if I recall correctly, or by spending thousands of dollars on getting this to work. It's not like Apple just left a hole in that spot out of spite.

[dpkonofa]

People who have some kind of weird hate for Apple always assume that everything Apple does is out of spite.

[saagarjha]

Apple very rarely does things out of spite. And usually when that happens, it's a mistake rather than a conscious, malicious decision.

[dpkonofa]

By breaking the seals that make the phone waterproof, removing a housing component, and breaking the Taptic Engine. He did nothing of the sort.