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Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China by foldr on Thursday September 07, 2017 @06:58AM (#15190625)
There are phones that claim to be waterproof and still have headphone jacks.
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Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China by dogma1138 on Thursday September 07, 2017 @07:29AM (#15190789)
Yes but that doesn't change the main reasoning behind Apples decision as it was publicly conveyed; water ingress.
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Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China by damnfine on Thursday September 07, 2017 @07:58AM (#15190969)
> ingress

/pedant

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Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China by dogma1138 on Thursday September 07, 2017 @08:13AM (#15191082)
Corrected, i was initially going to write that they've added some valve for egress to balance the pressure so that stuck :P

And I'm not sure it's being pedantic.

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Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China by wlesieutre on Thursday September 07, 2017 @05:00PM (#15195662)
Some Thinkpads have put drain holes on the bottom connected to the keyboard, so water egress holes aren't that crazy an idea!
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Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China by andai on Thursday September 07, 2017 @08:06AM (#15191021)
The iPhone shall remain hydrated for your satisfaction.
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