It is happening: Samsung to launch top-tier phone with no headphone jack

The headphone jack has been a hot topic over the last couple of years. It's an extremely popular connection port, used for headphones (duh), portable speakers, car audio, and even your home Hi-Fi. But the headphone jack on smartphones, in particular, has been on borrowed time ever since Apple decided to omit it in its iPhone 7. Over the past couple of years, a ton of smartphone manufacturers — big and small — have followed in Apple's footsteps and removed it from their devices.

Samsung and LG are pretty much the last popular brands to put headphone jacks in their top-tier phones still. However, ...