> just so you are dependent on yet another Apple product
The hardware requirements of a headphone jack put some very real limitations on phone design (waterproofing, interior space taken up by the digital -> analog hardware, etc).
Whether that was the driving cause or not is in the air, but "getting people to buy Lightning stuff" isn't the only reason to do it.
The hardware requirements of a headphone jack put some very real limitations on phone design (waterproofing, interior space taken up by the digital -> analog hardware, etc).
Whether that was the driving cause or not is in the air, but "getting people to buy Lightning stuff" isn't the only reason to do it.