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Eliminating 'ports' is something Apple has been doing for awhile. Each one they can eliminate reduces the cost of the device, and offers opportunities to license 'apple certified' accessories that only work with their devices via lightning port. So they are not going to stop doing this. Moreover it is one less thing to break and need support or replacement. Mo' profit.
Whether you or I like it is not as important to them. Yes, we'll be able to get a dongle or box that lets you hook up USB, digital/analog audio wires, etc. But we'll pay for it, and when it doesn't work, it won't be Apple's problem. They won't be idiots enough to offer their own accessories.
And some will say this makes Apple devices somehow better. I'm not so sure. If wireless connectivity were more robust and flexible, then this is the future. But I don't think we're there yet.
I think there have also been rumors about eliminating the Home button as well (I guess after building touchid in to the display somehow).
Of course the lightening port's days are numbered as well. I will confess I have used my iPad's only for charging, unless you count the times I plug it into my Kangaroo PC and turn it into a Windows machine. With wireless charging, maybe there's no need?
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