As many smartphone makers have abandoned the headphone jack — a trend mostly started by Apple with the iPhone 7 in 2016 — its existence on the A-series line has become increasingly important. Google even produced a silly two-minute commercial praising the headphone jack on the Pixel 5A, which spoofed Apple’s lavish design movies. The video was named “The Circle Comes to Full Circle,” in part. The circle appears to be closing again since Google is apparently planning to remove the headphone port from its next phone.
