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I've come to realize (I think) that this actually does have a lot to do with waterproofness ratings -- a legibility trap.

I notice that Fairphone excludes headphones from their latest devices, and attributes it to the necessary of doing so in order to get an "IP55" rating.

I'm not sure if that ultimately makes sense (and suspect that it... doesn't), but the legibility trap of that ratings system might actually be part of the cause of the current market absence of a feature so many people still talk about after years of its unavailability.

Phones back then were definitely not as durable as modern ones. Whether you like it or not, it's easier to waterproof a completely insulated system.

I do recognize that not having headphone jacks make it easier to waterproof phones.

Every phone should have a SCSI port with an included terminator in the box.

Yeah, I'll add that to my phone. what kind of scsi port, there are a few choices ;-)