Didn’t you hear the keynote? The #1 reason why they did it is “Courage”.

I shouldn’t need a fucking adapter to plug my headphones into my phone. That’s not adding functionality, it’s adding complexity, and for no good fucking reason.

Jony Ive: We made the iphone thinner... but to do so we had to remove the headphone port... so those $300 beats headphones you bought from us, are no longer going to work with your phone. We also added a second camera, which makes the camera bump even larger... so really the phone isn’t thinner than the bulge, but we…

Looks like the headphone jack really is gone. I’m so deeply disappointed by that. Such a senseless thing to remove. Such a stupid step. I hope it comes back in the 8 because I’m not getting one without a jack. I spent way too much money on really good headphones. And don’t even talk to me about an adaptor. Ugh.