'To Apple's credit they are, with the creation of AirPods, laying the foundation for a world beyond the iPhone. Stratechery's Ben Thompson puts it better than Schiller did: His final point speaks to the grand vision of Apple in 'the future.' The idea is that everything will go wireless. Notably, none of this logic takes into account that the entire planet uses the traditional 3.5 mm port, or that wireless headphones require charging, or that the Lightning connector is a much more cumbersome connection than a standard headphone jack. Apple believes the future of everything is all wireless, all the time.If you want more stuff in there, you need to free up space, and that analog headphone jack takes up space. The iPhone is packed full of amazing technology.Using Lightning means you can, say, skip to the next track on your iPhone 7 straight from your headphones. The 3.5 mm headphone jack is an analog port.Silliness aside, Schiller then offered a three-point 'why Apple is removing the audio jack' speech. It often indicates a user profile.Īnd let's be clear: Even if this move was received positively (it wasn't), the move away from an analog audio jack to a digital one doesn't 'better all of us.' We're talking about an audio jack still - right, Phil? Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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