Apple isn’t the only smartphone maker that wants to kill headphone jacks.
Removing the 3.5mm audio port from the iPhone 7 was the most controversial design decision Apple has made in years. Now some leaked photos have revealed that HTC plans to copy the move on its next flagship device.
Notorious smartphone leaker Evan Blass posted photos of an alleged HTC Bolt on Twitter today and a headphone jack is nowhere to be seen.
Photo: Evan Blass
The new HTC Bolt looks similar to the HTC 10, only it will have a larger 5.5-inch screen. Users will have to get a pair of USB-C or Bluetooth headphones to listen to music. Bolt will come with one speaker on the bottom instead of two like on the iPhone 7.
HTC is expected to unveil the device later this month. It boasts an 18MP rear camera, runs Android 7.0 and comes with 3GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage with a microSD expansion slot.
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
28 responses to “HTC plans to copy iPhone 7’s most hated feature”
Moto removed the 3.5mm jack on a couple of their newest models first.
The Oppo R5 also back in 2014. But of course everybody copies apple even when apple does it years later.
Get lost troll.
Facts hurt?
Delusion makes it easier for you to sleep?
Also get a life and stop posting on an Apple blog.
Awwww did you get your iFeelings hurt. Its not as if you don’t post on Android websites or articles right?
You may be right but nobody cares because Moto just happens to be a pimple on the ass of the smartphone universe. Sorry but that’s the way it is.
they are just following the leader .. just they always did since ever..
Every “new” hardware and software from apple is years old on other platforms but apple is the leader?
Yeah, leading from behind–years behind.
yeah yeah, the troll logic..
then why the hell every phone maker out there is waiting constantly for Apple to test the market first?
since it’s so easy to do things, why waiting for Apple to do it fist?
every single feature that resisted on time, it was implemented from Apple first .. other brands like Samsung, htc or whatever don’t have the balls to chose a way and to follow it..
I heared for years,, Apple is obsolete, old hardware, non removable battery .. blla, blla, blla.. all the phone right now are looking like iPhones, no removable battery , buton with fingerprint scanner .. even the names.. PLUS become a standard name lately
currently my 6s plus has 3D Touch (can measure weight on that screen) something that took Apple 5 years to develope .. that’s why it should take to others 2-3 years to copy .
what do you consider progress ? to install a explosive NON REMOVABLE battery on a device? or installin 4 go of ram?
that’s it?
right now my 6s plus can blow away every single android device .. not talking for secure ecosystem … not talking about the iOS design, which is divine … not taking about NOT using a antivirus.. etc etc..
once your in apples garden can’t even watch other brands.. they look to CHEAP
LOL, once Apple brainwashes you, you stop bothering with facts or the truth…Why not go look up the FACTS? Who pioneered large screens?, who was the first to remove the headphone jack?, who has the best displays?, who pushes vr?, who forced apple to make faster phones to continue to be able to compete with their phones? Samsung. Apple copies Samsung. I had a Samsung flip phone back in 2011, it didn’t have a headphone jack and required you to use its charging port to listen to music. Apple simply takes things that are ages old and revives them. Now…Lets talk OS. I have not has a single virus on Android, even though I install non google play apps and don’t really bother about whether they are safe or not. Android makes the apps ask you for permission when they want to do things that may harm your device. Android also looks good, and if you’re not happy with it, you can easily customize it. THE END
lol sir your the brain washed, Samsung payed troll on the web and cheated on benchmark to create a reputation, and those are proven fact that Samsung the high end android was forced to admit legally .. as you can see apple don’t give a shit even to talk abut Samsung explosives flagship note 7.
your opinion is null, it’s just yours, all security experts are confirming that security on android almost even not exist. (even old time android fans have admit this)
not going for long, have a nice life with your android in hand THE END
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Copy from apple when others have had it before apple, some as far back as 3 years ago.
Oh well, anything for page views.
exactly .. they had it and it never become a standard.. now that Apple implemented it will become.. wait and see that everyone will do that move.. but NOW AND NOT BEFORE
My 2004 HTC Windows Mobile smartphone had a modified mini USB port that required a dongle for headphones. That was 3 years before the first 2G iPhone launched. So it’s not new.
I’m not saying this to be argumentative or anything, but clearly in the case of that phone that’s because that was pre- everyone’s phone also being their MP3 player so people probably didn’t perceive phones as NEEDING an audio port yet.
Bolt will come with one speaker on the bottom instead of two like on the iPhone 7….
The iPhone 7 doesn’t have two speakers at the bottom, only one at the bottom and one at the top, for stereo effect.
Mm
Usual cult of twat fodder…. And raped my data just to view this article. Idiots
LOL, I remember my first colour display phone, a Samsung flip phone, didn’t have a headphone jack and required you plug the headphones it came with into the charging port. That was around 2011. Apple is a bit late to be called the first, but that is what Apple is built on.
sir your a retard, no one is saying that Apple was first, even Samsung was not first, wireless headphone existed from a long time.
you just said that Samsung implemented those since 2011? okay
since then no one used in their flagship device.
NOW that Apple implemented this feature in iphone.. ALL THE OTHER WILL DO THE SAME!
if your smart will get the idea, no one gives a shit of what Samsung do, must be Apple to change the trend and this is COPYING
Why is that a feature? I don’t use the headphone jack at all but for some is a big thing. However having no idea how to listen to music and charge at the same time is not really smart
There are lightning -> USB/audio splitters.
oh does it comes with the iPhone??? 1000$ iPhone
Every intelligent person in the universe who wasn’t crying about the headphone could see this coming. Apple takes all the heat so that copycats can jump all over the trend.
This is outrageous! The earth will stop spinning! Hrmpfff! Enough!
(I don’t own a HTPC product, I don’t plan to buy one, ever actually but I just thought I could whine a litte like the Android fanbois did when Apple did this…)