Re: Why do iPhones currently lack even the most basic hardware functionality?

nospam wrote:

> and it ain't just apple. many android phones do not have an analog
> 3.5mm jack, including the first android phone in 2008, which used a
> proprietary ext-usb port.

You can feel _brave_ that your iPhone lacks basic hardware functionality.

But most Android phones made in the past five years come with this industry
standard 3.5mm jack for very good reasons, nospam.
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2017&chk35mm=selected&sAvailabilities=1&sOSes=2>

And no, it's not because they're "courageous", which is how Apple described
their removal of basic hardware functionality (which is Apple's strategy).
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