In other areas, however, Apple is out on their own. That’s where it’s worth paying attention, and that’s what brings us back to nixing the headphone jack

Sadly, Apple is not the first smartphone maker to ditch the headphone jack. Three Android phones without headphone jacks were released earlier this year, which makes Apple no more of a leader or lone thinker on this issue than on waterproofing, stickers in messages, lift to unlock etc etc.