One should be at the bottom one at the top. I understand space on the phone is a premium but a second port would make the phone so much more usable. Wired headphones, flash drives, camera modules, speaker modules, keyboards, even connection to a TV, all could be used while charging. It’s a shame it’s not a thing, USB is extremely versatile port, but you only get one and it’s used for charging half of the time. (I am aware dongles exist)

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    Wired headphones… could be used while charging

    Sure is a shame nobody ever came up with a way to do that before.

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      The person who decided a headphone jack is superfluous should be found, tarred, feathered, and left naked and alone deep in the alaskan wilderness covered in pigs blood for the wildlife to enjoy.

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        I believe Steve Jobs is already dead. And those who inherited his billions probably don’t mind all those extra AirPod sales, especially if people keep losing them.

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          Jobs died before the headphone jack was removed (iphone 7 in 2016, while Jobs died in 2011).

          The villain we’re looking for is Jony Ive, Apple’s product designer until 2019. All other companies just copied Apple’s lead so if there is a responsible party, it’s him.

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          Steve Jobs died in 2011, the headphone jack disappeared from the iPhone 7 in 2016.

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          It wasn’t Steve Jobs who took it away. Steve Jobs probably would have taken it away, but he also probably would have insisted on developing a technically superior but proprietary wireless technology.

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        They should also be be required to use a dongle for every tool they use to survive with a limit of only 1 tool at a time

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      I hate how we’re stuck in a limbo between headphones jacks and usb-c. Like the change was bad to begin with, but if you’re going to switch to usb-c, then do it fully.

      USB-C for everything honestly would have been good if they had. But we’re stuck in a limbo