Microsoft patents novel way to make headphone jacks thinner

[Windows Central]

Headphone jacks may be gradually going the way of the dodo, but a new Microsoft patent could offer a novel way to keep them around on thin devices.
First spotted by TechSpot, Microsoft was recently granted a patent for an expandable 3.5mm headphone jack, referred to a "plug receptacle for an electronic device."

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