https://thenextweb.com/insider/2018/06/21/report-apple-considered-removing-the-charging-port-from-the-iphone-x/

When Apple removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7, it set off an industry-wide epidemic of bad design choices. We’re still recovering.

So we should all be grateful that, according to a Bloomberg report, Apple’s idea to remove the lightning port from the iPhone X didn’t come to fruition.