Cash grab.
It’s hilarious listening to Appleheads twist in vain to tell us how earphones are just so antiquated and problematic that these devices really need to not have headphone jacks, because (something-something) reasons.
Really? If you want something to be waterproof, take away the ⅛th inch hole through the casing. Helps immensely. Such a jack also takes up space inside the casing that could be used for other components, such as more battery, adding to the utility of the device. Oh, that's another good reason to lose the 100 year old technology. In a day and age of multiple functions, why dedicate a port to a single purpose? Oops, another reason to keep it gone.
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?
Like moths drawn to a flame and getting burned, the anti-Apple bigots flock to denigrate a roll-out of technical improvements that push technology forward to the future.
I suppose you also complained about the demise of old RS-232 and parallel sockets, unless you cobbled them to your dumb phones. Give it a rest.