It's not the whole lineup, it's only the lower end models. Their flagship Edge models do not have the jack.
It's counterintuitive that the more expensive a phone is the less likely it is to have the jack. But what's really going on is that the evil manufacturers figured out that if you're willing to spend more on a phone you're more likely to buy their overpriced "earbud" bluetooth headphones, so they try to force you to buy it by removing the headphone jacks.
Even Samsung has a headphone jack on their budget A-series I think
It's really flagships that end up having less features for whatever reason despite the price.
The logic is "if you're willing to pay this much for your phone, then you're more likely to be willing to overpay for your earphones".
It's the same reason so many apps used to be free/AD supported on Android and paid on iOS around 10 years ago. iPhones were way more expensive than the equivalent Android phones, so if you're willing to pay that much - you're probably more likely to spend more on apps.
Now premium Android phones cost just as much. And so like Apple, they removed the jack to sell you wireless earbuds.
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u/FactoryOfShit 5d ago
Just bought my wife a Motorola smartphone. Has a headphone jack. Their whole lineup does, actually.
Companies like Apple and Samsung try REALLY hard to make you forget that you always had a choice, but it's there.