三星Galaxy S8据传沟耳机插孔The 3.5mm port's slow death marches on.

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone will advance the 3.5mm headphone jack one step closer to extinction, according to a report from Samsung fan community blogSamMobile.

If Samsung does ditch the headphone jack, it would be following in the footsteps of its archrival Apple, whoseiPhone 7offers no 3.5mm port for headphones to someconsternation. Other manufacturers of high-end smartphones,including Motorola, have also introduced devices this year without a headphone jack.

SamMobile, which did not cite a source for its report, has nevertheless been a reliable font of Samsungrumorsin the past. As is typical for the Korean tech giant, it has remained silent on any Galaxy S8 details, except for confirming that its next phone will indeed be called the Galaxy S8. That news was buried in an Octoberannouncementthat Korean owners of the ill-fated Note 7 would receive a 50 percent discount on the S8 when it is released.

In addition to losing wired headphone support, the S8 could alsoinclude a digital voice-based assistantsimilar to Apple's Siri or Google's Assistant, according to theWall Street Journal. The new handset will likely debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, an annual event that has hosted other Samsung flagship unveilings in the past.

If the headphone jack is destined for extinction on high-end smartphones, one holdout is likely to be Google, which released its new Pixel phone in October. ThePixeland its larger cousin, thePixel XL, both feature 3.5mm ports.