It's time to accept reality Android users. The headphone jack's going away.

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It's time to accept reality Android users. The headphone jack's going away.
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If you haven't gotten over Apple removing the headphone jack (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/iphone-headphone-jack-courage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) from the iPhone 7, then make it your New Year's resolution to do so because Android phones are almost certainly going to follow suit and gut the port.

Word on the street is HTC's next flagship phone, expected to be unveiled on Thursday, will be the latest phone to kill the headphone jack.

SEE ALSO: Here's what the most expensive headphones in the world sound like (http://mashable.com/2017/01/07/most-expensive-headphones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


Images posted to Weibo (http://weibo.com/2250239540/EqelFt72E?type=comment#_rnd1484083561781) (via Android Police (http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/01/10/unan**unced-htc-ocean-**te-leaks-glass-frame-secondary-ticker-display/)) claiming to be HTC's unan**unced phone reveal a device that borrows ideas from the LG V20 (http://mashable.com/2016/11/02/lg-v20-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). Specifically, the little secondary display that sits on top of the main screen. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/10/htc-ocean-**te-headphone-jack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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