I wish the AirPod case had a headphone jack

I have a genius idea that I’m sure Apple considered and then rejected: build a headphone jack into the carrying case. When it’s plugged in, the case becomes a Bluetooth audio transmitter for anything, including (especially) airplane infotainment terminals. Heck, set it up with a double tap of the pairing button to put it into receiving mode so you can use it as a Bluetooth bridge to get audio to your old car stereo.

I can easily guess why Apple didn’t make this very simple tweak: it’s not the future, which is wireless. It wouldn’t be "courage" to make an accommodation to the very real fact that we still need to use the 3.5mm jack. It’s definitely not elegant or simple.

And yes, it would probably be a bad experience for some people: the...

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