Apple’s Phil Schiller says the biggest criticism of removing the headphone jack is ‘pure conspiracy theory’

BuzzFeed’s John Paczkowski has a big story diving into Apple’s decision to kill the headphone jack, which is definitely worth a read. Basically, the company’s decision boiled down to letting go of a single-use analog port to create more room inside the phone’s case for a larger battery, additional camera components, and the Taptic Engine haptic system that enables the new not-a-button home button. And it made it slightly easier to waterproof the phone. These are all good arguments! It’s debatable whether they are good enough arguments, but there is no denying that Apple has its reasons.

But BuzzFeed also went straight at Apple execs with the many, many reasons people (including me!) have criticized the decision to remove the headphone...

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