I think that Anand is busy at Apple trying to convince people that headphone jacks and user replaceable batteries are evil.
You know, if they went full-on "no ports", I would have more respective for them. Make it a potted, sealed, Gorilla-Glass-infused shiny rock with transducers for sound, Qi wireless for charging, and call it a day lol.
When I broke my iPhone 7, I replaced it with an iPhone 8. Exact same design - my old case even fit - EXCEPT for the fact that it was missing the headphone jack! Same exact everything, just no headphone jack! It's not like the phone was so thin that they couldn't do it - they simply removed it! I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to jack in an aux & haven't had that stupid Lightning cable adapter handy, so I couldn't do it. So lame!
I wish they'd release an iPhone Max...I want like a 1/2" thick battery that will last me a week & that is thick enough that my fingers can actually grip. No more of this ultra-thin garbage lol.