jmitchell79

It's hard to imagine them eliminating the traditional headphone jack since they consistently trumpet how music is such a core part of Apple's DNA but I suppose anything is possible.

My two cents on how they could get away with it without alienating their fanbase is to make an adapter for lightning to 3.5mm or if they really wanted to impress, I think the smartest thing to do (and I can hardly can imagine if this is feasible from a technical standpoint but hey, it's Apple) to create the least amount of backlash for removing the port would be smart connector to 3.5mm jack. If that were the case, I'd actually welcome the change: a magnetic connection for headphones and you could still use any legacy headphones you want. It would essentially be magsafe (wildly popular tech) for headphones. Awesome. And magnetic connection for headphones to me makes WAY more sense than docking an iPhone to a keyboard.