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ourmandave on Sept 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The End of Headphone Jacks, the Rise of DRM

I thought they might be trying to get rid of the 3.5 mm jack to make a thinner phone but the 7 is the exact same size as the 6.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/0/apple-iphone-7-full-...

Maybe this is an evolution to a super thin iPhone 8.

bphogan on Sept 8, 2016 [–]

I'd heard that it caused camera interference, which I don't understand. But the more plausible thing I heard was that they needed some room for that new haptic thing they put under the home button.

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