Why You Shouldn't Be Surprised at Apple Killing the Headphone Jack

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)held an unveiling of its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus earlier this month. Among other things, the company announced the removal of the headphone port, much to the chagrin of many.

In this segment from Industry Focus: Tech, Motley Fool analyst Dylan Lewis and Fool contributor Evan Niu explain why Apple got rid of the jack, and why some of the criticisms against the company might not be completely fair.

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A full transcript follows the video.

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An infant with ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, and Down syndrome (trisomy 21) was referred to our institution. The patient gradually developed infantile lobar emphysema of the right upper lobe and became dependent on mechanical ventilator support. When the patient was five months of age, we successfully performed a total correction of cardiac anomalies combined with a right upper lobectomy. The resection of the right upper lobe was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass through a median sternotomy. There was no major airway bleeding or mediastinitis. The patient was extubated on postoperative day 12 and discharged on postoperative day 29.