I do know wireless headphonesspeakers have been available for many years , having once owned a wireless surround sound system that would pickup just about any source of RF within a one mile radius . My casual observation is that wireless technology has only recently evolved to the point where it is robust enough to be seamlessly integrated into consumer audio products . I suspect that was a key consideration in Apple ' s decision to remove the headphone jack . I actually have an iPhone 6 S Plus so that had no influence on my switching to wireless . <| sep |> Sweet victory on the Band Geeks episode of Spongebob . Fun fact I had downloaded that song back in the limewire days and it ' s been in my iTunes library ever since . Still is in my phone to this day , one day as I ' m hanging out with this beautiful girl I met a concert she ' s looking through my music library she said she liked death metal , I had a plethora of it on there and we were going to see which bands we had in common . She sees I have a song by Spongebob and as soon as the trumpets played she gave me a look that I ' ll never forget . We just passed out 2 year anniversary