The 3.5mm headphone jack can trace its roots back to 19th century switchboard operators. Over a century after its humble, low-tech beginnings, Apple killed it on its primary money-maker: the iPhone.

The 3.5mm phone jack is a well-established standard in the audio industry and continues to get strong support from users in the market. Originally invented in the 19 th century for telephone switch ...

Getting rid of the 3.5mm jack also helps streamline the phone, makes more room for extra battery and for the moment -- corners the market on wired headphone compatible with the iPhone 7.

The 3.5mm jack on the iPhone SE. Image by iFixit USB-C can transfer analog audio already, but Intel is also working on a digital audio standard for the data transfer protocol.

Apple is planning to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack on the next-generation iPhone in favor of an all-in-one Lightning connector, according to often-reliable Japanese website Mac Otakara.

To start, let’s go into a little bit of background about the old 3.5mm jack socket and the new proposals being put forward by USB Type-C.

The standard 3.5mm headphone jack has been one of our favorite features on the PlayStation 4, letting us easily pump game and chat audio through standard headsets without the need for proprietary ...

All that said, Joswiak believes that there’s really no convincing reason to keep the 3.5mm headphone jack up and running. “The audio connector is more than 100 years old,” Joswiak said.

The Samsung Galaxy M32 5G is another 5G option that you can go for. The smartphone has a 3.5mm headphone jack, and it features a 6.5-inch HD+ display with Gorilla Glass 5 protection on top.