Yeah, it's bad enough that I have to use up my Nexus's charging port to use a controller or USB drive, I'm not doing this with my headphones too. Examples of shit I do every week that would be difficult/impossible with this: Hooking my phone into my speakers and charger every night Carrying one set of earbuds for all of my devices without having to carry an adapter that will inevitably get lost/broken Anything about Apple locking out competitors aside, this is just going to be annoying with very little to gain for any phone. The only possible reason I could see lightning/USB-C headphones being useful is if they provided a better sound quality, but only as an alternative to 3.5mm for high end headphones, not as a replacement. Lastly, I really like the earpod headphones that Apple makes and am going to be pissed when the 3.5mm version inevitably gets ditched to push the lightning version. Voice chat on Discord with my phone