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I don't know much about Moondrop's line of phones, but I do love that Apple removed the headphone jack, Samsung naturally copied them, and Moondrop comes along and says "you know what? We'll add two headphone jacks".
Respect.
(I absolutely still use the 3.5mm jack)
I still don't quite get why some people are defending manufacturers which remove the headphone jack on their phones...
3.5mm jacks don't cost much materially. Removing it doesn't bring any benefit at all, and you are forced to buy a bluetooth headphone or a Type-C-to-3.5mm dongle on top of that.
3.5mm jacks donβt cost much materially
They take up quite a lot of space (for a phone) that could otherwise be used for a larger battery. I'll happily take a few hundred mAh of battery life over a headphone jack. I find bluetooth headphones much more comfortable to use anyway. But I understand that some people prefer wired headphones.
But that space usually isn't. No company would make a battery with a tiny little protrusion where the headphone jack once was. That'd cost a lot more, and make it a lot more fragile.
They'd be more likely to leave it empty, or fit something else in that space, like a third speaker.
By removing the headphone jack and saving space, everything can be laid out in a way that creates more room for a larger battery, many manufacturers do this.
Do you have examples of this?
I only know the iPhone 7 certainly had enough room for the headphone jack https://youtu.be/utfbE3_uAMA
Just look at the inside any modern smartphone, it's full of battery and other stuff, basically no empty space. The iPhone 7 was the first generation without a headphone jack, it still used the old case design though. Look at the iPhone X which was completely redesigned, it's just marginally larger than the iPhone 6/6s/7/8 (they all use the same case design) but has a much larger battery. They went from 7.45Wh (1960mAh) on the iPhone 7
to 10.35Wh (2716mAh) on the iPhone X. 
I don't defend manufacturers that do this or anything, but personally I hate cords and want to go wireless for everything. Of course a headphone jack doesn't prevent me from doing that, but given the choice of two identical phones except for a 3.5mm jack, I'm choosing the one without.
Why have a hole that I'm never going to use that can trap dust, allow water in, take up a tiny bit of space and make the phone look less appealing (to me)?
I don't see how the jack can make a phone less appealing? 99% of the time you'll be looking at the screen, you're not going to see the headphone jack.
Though, perhaps it's because of lifestyle differences between countries (I am not American), I simply cannot imagine not using the 3.5mm jack ever. I am still using AUX on my car radio.
I guess I just find a closed chassis more sleek or futuristic? I fully admit this is pretty dumb and it's definitely not a significant factor in my phone purchasing decisions.
Fwiw I'm not American either. But like I said, I hate cords of any kind. I'd probably buy a phone without a USB port if not for the fact I occasionally need to charge at other people's houses :p
I hate having cords too. For me at least no matter what pair of wireless headphones I buy, they never last as long as I need them to and when they die I am never around a place to leave them to charge.
Another thing is that my phone always tries to figure out what bluetooth device it thinks I want to pair with and it is wrong 90% of the time.
It also thinks that if I've been away from a bluetooth device for awhile that when I come back I want to switch from my headphones to that device and it is wrong 100% of the time.
Cords are irritating and I can't tell you how many times the cord has caught on something walking by and ripped the headphones out of my ears, but it still way less annoying than bluetooth.