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		TylerE on May 1, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week re... The reason the headphone jack had to die was so they could waterproof it.

tjoff on May 1, 2018 | [–]

There are waterproof jacks...

zolthrowaway on May 2, 2018 | [–]

There were waterproof phones with headphone jacks before the iPhone X. See some of the Samsung Galaxies as an example.

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