“Much has been written about the imminent death of the 3.5mm headphone jack in the past months, and especially this week, now that it’s almost a given that the iPhone – cough – 7 will not have one,” Chris Smith writes for BGR.
“In the grand scheme of things, the standard 3.5mm jack has to die, and there will never be a right time to do it if you ask customers who happen to own plenty of wired headphones,” Smith reports. “In the grand scheme of things, the standard 3.5mm jack has to die, and there will never be a right time to do it if you ask customers who happen to own plenty of wired headphones.”
Smith reports, “In fact, there’s already speculation that this year’s MacBook Pros won’t have a 3.5mm headset jack either.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Good. Kill the anachronism dead!
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