Sony could be the next major smartphone player to ditch the headphone jack

Sony could be the next popular smartphone maker to ditch the important 3.5 mm audio jack standard, at least on their high-end devices.

Schematic of the upcoming Sony phone at FCC

Based on the recently approved mysterious Sony phone at the FCC (US Federal Communications Commission), the handset with the FCC ID PY7-21831A will be using a USB Type-C port for both audio and charging functions. Therefore, it won't have the headphone jack slot anymore.

The schematics showed the USB Type-C port below with no headphone jack slot.

Other details revealed that Sony's upcoming phone will feature a 5.7-inch screen that measures at 152.79 x 72.42 mm. It is also unclear if it'll feature the new and trendy 18:9 or conventional 16:9 screen aspect ratio.

There are also rumors that this could be the second gen Sony Xperia XZ phone. It could be revealed at MWC 2018.

Source: Xperia blog