I thought the removal was to recycle the space while making waterproofing easier...

_Codemonkeyism · on Dec 31, 2016

The removal is to introduce a way to control which headphones are connected and to get license payments in the future.

j2bax · on Dec 31, 2016

Doubtful. My guess is within 1-2 generations max the iPhone will have USB C to follow the Macbook line.

chrischen · on Dec 31, 2016

This statement is false.

flamedoge · on Dec 31, 2016

The removal is to sell dongles

nicc · on Dec 31, 2016

Ah, true. That was mentioned as well.

It's amazing that people would pick an extra millimeter trimmed off or waterproofing over a headphone jack (I assume they did surveys..?).