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Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by crm on Monday January 11, 2016 @07:47AM (#10880468)
The article suggests the phone will also be waterproof. It may be that any kind of jack connector would compromise the waterproofing.
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Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by Piskvorrr on Monday January 11, 2016 @07:51AM (#10880479)
Samsung Galaxy S5 is rated IP67, yet there's a jack connector (unprotected, at least not apparently). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Code
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