Why Samsung removed the headphone jack from the Galaxy Note 10

Samsung is so over the headphone jack.

After three years of bashing Apple for removing the 3.5 mm headphone jack from the iPhone, Samsung has joined its rival and killed the audio port from its new Galaxy Note 10 phones, too.

Yep, the jack is gone from Samsung's biggest and most powerful phone of the year, and it's likely never returning in any future Galaxy Notes.

But why is Samsung eliminating the analog audio port after holding out for so long? 

The answer may be obvious to engineers and designers: The jack had to go in order to make room for other components.  Read more...