Sony tries (and fails) to explain why there’s no headphone jack on chubby Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact

Believe it or not, Sony's shift to a new "Ambient Flow" design language has been officially blamed for the removal of the headphone jack on the chunky Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact.

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OnePlus 5T name is officially official, as Pete Lau ‘digs deeper’ into decision to keep headphone jack

Of course there's a headphone jack on the OnePlus 5T, and according to company CEO Pete Lau, the decision was made easy by user feedback.

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Don’t panic, but a semi-reliable source thinks Google’s Pixel 2 phone will kill the headphone jack

The recently concluded MWC 2017 seemed to prove once and for all the headphone jack is alive and well, but Google may have different plans for the Pixel 2.

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Headphone jack moves closer to extinction with new USB Audio 3.0 standard

It’s not just Apple that wants to take away your “obsolete” 3.5mm analog audio jack. It’s also LeEco, plus Motorola (at least in part), possibly even Samsung before long, and ...

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