Killing the headphone jack made phones better

Smartphones have evolved from thick slabs with plenty of bezels surrounding a tiny screen in the early 2010s to sleeker, lighter slabs with more screen than bezel to hold. They’ve changed dramatically for better and worse. We’ve gone from single-camera setups to multiple lenses; from thick bezels to near-bezelless designs; from multiple ports to just one. The list of smartphone features that no longer exist grows as years go by.