06-06-2014, 01:42 AM
Hmm... The headphone port is the tallest port on the phone. Can't really make it any smaller. I could see Apple eliminating it for the cause of thickness and miniaturization. An adapter for non-made-for-apple headphones would be easy enough (god help them if they didn't include one or even a couple), but the licensed ones could simply have lightning at the end. Smaller phones and more simple (cheaper) manufacturing