[SamAdams76]

I’m glad the headphone jacks are going away. They are always clogging up with dust and dirt. I hate the dangling cable that gets snagged on something and yanks the plugs out of my ears.

Wireless is the way to go. Kudos to Apple for moving us forward. They killed the floppy drive and CD-ROM drives as well and we are the better for it.

I recently upgraded to iPhone 6S Plus and it is awesome. Can’t wait for the 7S Plus next September. Who knows what that will bring?

[Dr. Sivana]

I’m glad the headphone jacks are going away.

I'm glad fora completely different reason. I have had two iPod Touches and one 23" iMac where the headphone/speaker jack became inoperable. In the case of the iMac, my five year-old son stuck something into the jack that both ruined the jack and TURNED OFF the decent internal speakers, forcing me to go to an external bluetooth speaker. The lightning connectors are harder to botch.

[VanDeKoik]

“I’m glad the headphone jacks are going away. They are always clogging up with dust and dirt.”

Because you cant keep yours clean?

I have multiple audio devices and a huge headphone collection from high end down to dollar store earbuds, and this is the first time I’ve ever heard someone getting dirt clogged in their audio jack that much where you rather not have an audio jack.

“I hate the dangling cable that gets snagged on something and yanks the plugs out of my ears.”

Oh? That isnt a reason to take out the audio jack. I stuff the cords of mine down my shirt, and into the phone, when I’m in my woodshop for obvious safety reasons. I never thought “gee wouldn’t it be great if I couldn’t plug these in anything anymore

“Wireless is the way to go. “

Noooooooo it is not. I have both clip-on Bluetooth adapters and full earphones. Aside from the battery going dead, obnoxiously going around the corner to only lose the connection or get garbled audio, and finding that day when that unit’s internal batteries officially did and cannot be recharged, They also become easily lost or stolen, putting you out of a lot of money.

They simply dont come close to replacing actual wired earphones. That is why the best made ones are NOT wireless. You cannot reproduce wired sound over wireless. And for the casual user, Bluetooth devices are expensive and unsightly on a good day.

“Who knows what that will bring?”

A bunch of compromises and excuses.

[bigbob]

Get the iMplant in a few years and you won’t have to worry about your ears clogging up either!

[Shanghai Dan]

Huh, Apple moving us forward on wireless? It's already a wireless world for headphones. Bluetooth and all that... The iPhone/Apple are doing zilch to cause this - it already happened.

[mrsmith]

Got no dog in this fight.

The ‘air buds’ do make me think of Gillette’s old razor blade marketing strategy though...