Apple: removing headphone jack took “courage” and “ancient analog” 3.5mm jack is bad use of space; new peripherals can use Lightning, and wireless is the future
Phil Schiller today caused the largest collective eyeroll … Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch : No, really, the headphone jack is more useful than you think! Caleb Denison / Digital Trends : As the iPhone's headphone jack dies, Apple wins and you lose Jason O. Gilbert / Fusion : Profiles in Courage: The product managers who removed Apple's headphone jack Matt Weinberger / Business Insider : The iPhone 7 reveal has me seriously considering leaving Apple for Android Nick Statt / The Verge : Apple says it took ‘courage’ to remove the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 Nick / ROUGH TYPE : The unbitten Apple — Apple's logo remains one of the great … Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple executives defend removal of the ‘dinosaur’ headphone jack in new interview BBC : Apple's iPhone 7 ditches traditional headphone socket Tweets: Jon Russell / @jonrussell : In a year or two, nobody will care that the headphone hack is gone on iPhones — and, for those who do, there's an adaptor Ron Gilbert / @grumpygamer : “Someone is doing something with an iPhone that they haven't anticipated ... Someone who hasn't paid for a license” http://techcrunch.com/...