Many users are contemplating the made of that Apple does not go to integrate an output for headphones in its new iPhone as a movement radical, even for a company that stands out because breaks with it traditional and with them standards of technology. However, an analysis of the career of Apple in this regard reveals that it is not as radical as it is being.
Apple, by norma general, uses any type of port by a time average of fifteen years. The headphone output has been integrated in all Apple products since 1984, which is 32 years until today. Therefore, given that Apple has been using this port for more than double what they usually do, we can say that the decision to not continue with the minijack for headphones is not as radical as it seems a priori. Even if we review the use of disk drives in Mac computers also check that average is met. The floppy drive disappeared from the iMac 15 years after its appearance. Another example: the USB ports. Lead in use some 18 years, but Apple begins to replace them and give them priority to those new ports USB-C. Without a doubt, they are details that at first may pass unnoticed, but that give an idea of the ideology of Apple and the cycle which has the use of the different ports on their devices for the company.
The original MacBooks, of plastic, integrated VGA ports, but also had mini VGA ports. Then, Apple changed and went to use and integrate in their equipment them ports mini DVI. Then it evolved again and happened to prefer the use of the mini DisplayPort output. The last step was to move to the use of Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2. Apple evolves and has a life preset for its technology towards a steady state.
