Mary, you’re exactly right and points well stated as always.  Here’s another 
point to consider, suppose we add wireless charging. Now, you could have a 
brick with no ports what so ever formed from one solid piece of material.  You 
could almost grow the casing and have a super durable waterproof phone with no 
openings at all.  The entire surface could be a screen.  Not needing ports is a 
good thing over all.



> On Aug 31, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> Of course, only time will tell. But I think you are wrong about the 
> disappearing headphone jack. For one thing, Samsung put back the storage card 
> thing, but did not put back the user replaceable battery. Also, if the other 
> rumor is true, Apple will be including compatible earbuds with the new phone, 
> as well as an adapter to make it possible for people to use other headphones. 
> Given the prevalence of Bluetooth these days, I suspect that the headphone 
> jack will in fact be gone from iPhones forever. Other device makers are 
> already moving in this direction. So it isn't just Apple. In fact, they will 
> not be the first ones to market without a headphone jack on the phone.
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 31, 2016, at 11:05 AM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Well, as for me, I'm going to sit back and see how the market accepts the 
>> new iPhone 7 trans a separate earphone jack.  
>> 
>> When Samsung attempted to make its devices thinner by (1) removing the 
>> removable battery and (2) removing the ability to add auxiliary memory to 
>> its flagship phones, it soon reversed its decision as the market, 
>> effectively, rejected the devices in favor of other companies who kept those 
>> features.
>> 
>> A couple of years ago, when Apple decided to remove the ability for iOS 
>> devices to have their photo content immediately available to PC users upon 
>> attaching the device to the computer, the marketplace went crazy and vowed 
>> to turn to Android if Apple insisted on forcing people to use iTunes in 
>> order to manage photos.  
>> 
>> Like Samsung, Apple immediately reversed itself by restoring this feature in 
>> the subsequent release of iTunes.  
>> 
>> So, I'll just wait and see for, unless 7 is a complete hit, something tells 
>> me that iPhone 8 will bring the jack back (smile).  
>> 
>> Mark 
>> 
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>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik
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>> Subject: Re: Some interesting rumours regarding 3.5 mm jack issue on the 
>> iPhone seven
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>> When all the “hubbub” concerning Apple removing the earphone jack first 
>> appeared I was certain they (Apple) was going to provide an adapter so 
>> potential customers would be able to use their existing earphones with the 
>> iPhone 7. This coming to light does not surprise me in the least.
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