The lightning port, mute switch, volume buttons, and power button still exist and are openings in the case edge.
If an opening for a 3.5mm jack was an issue for some future design, so would all of the other holes (esp. the lightning port).
Re:iPhone 7
by whatevs_people on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @06:01PM
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The "issue for some future design" is that the traditional headphone jack doesn't let them sell premium and proprietary headphones.
Re:iPhone 7
by marlowisws on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @04:28PM
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I don't think this statement makes sense.
Re:iPhone 7
by intoverflow2 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @09:08AM
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Makes no sense, why not just make the actual phone material instead of changing the phone to make a better case to shield the fragile phone material
I recall Apple having a patent on a manufacturing process to bond a small aluminum region around the headphone jack to a case made of something harder, so maybe the headphone jack was causing problems in advancing case materials?