@zwhittaker
Magnetic lock, surface conductors, and move the interface inside the case--brilliant! and the "3.5mm plug to surface plug adapter" would cost about $6 and would be offered by about 300 different vendors. Besides, in my experience, headphone jacks fail all too often due to the bending stress put on the parts inside by the plug.
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