Pixel 2: Sketchy rumor suggests Google may remove headphone jack

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Don't freak out just yet, but there's a small chance the next Pixel might exclusively use USB-C audio.

It seems like just about every major phone announcement is accompanied by a rumor that it may ditch the headphone jack and, iPhone-style, force you to buy new headphones or life the #donglelife.
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is reporting via a single source — apparently some internal Google documentation — that this year's Pixel phones will ditch the jack, presumably going with a single USB Type-C port for both charging and audio.


Multiple models of Pixel 2 are supposedly in development.

Such a move would be unwelcomed by Android fans wanting to use their own 3.5mm cans with the upcoming phone, as well as highly ironic given the
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in Google's own advertising.

9to5 itself doesn't seem especially confident in this single-sourced rumor, giving it a 6/10 score, and earlier rumblings have suggested that multiple Pixel 2 models are in testing anyway, which would be entirely understandable more than 9 months out from launch.

So maybe it'll happen. Maybe it won't. In the meantime, be sure to share your thoughts down in the comments — would the removal of the headphone jack make you think twice about buying a future Google phone?

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