[Swordmaker]

Why losing the 3.5mm audio jack is actually a good thing. Quartz (link only due to copyright issues) explains why it is actually an improvement and the why it will be a benefit for music lovers when they actually hear what is possible when they are not crippled by the old technology forced on them by the bottle neck of the old jack. — PING!

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[Vendome]

As you know I’m a fan of all things Apple, although I’m not a user, this is one bad decision that is not going to have any accretive value to the end user more importantly to Apple

[Da Coyote]

Sorry, but well designed analog equipment will blow the doors off of digital stuff.

No contest.

As an EE with doctorate in DSP who has taught this stuff at the grad level for years, dats the twuth.

Yes, I use digital for my iprimary source, because I am lazy.

But, when I sit and relax for great music,it’s analogue.

Oh, am also a not bad pianist that knows classical and rock. Been there, got the T shirt in both.

[HamiltonJay]

Dropping the jack has nothing to do with old or new technology.. The simple face was as long as it had the 3.5MM plug they could not make the phone any thinner.

Look at the iPhone 6, what is the largest opening in the case? It’s that jack and the part inside is slightly larger than the opening.. So, to make the phone thinner the jack had to go.. Nothing more complicated than that.