If you shell out for the AirPods, you can.
Though I definitely agree - I'm pretty sad to see the headphone jack go.
Which will need charging themselves.
Now I have to choose between being concerned about either my phone's battery or my headphones' battery.
Besides, you can charge your phone and your AirPods at the same time, you just need to have two outlets (or two USB ports) and two cables.
I wistfully remember the days when I could go away for the weekend and not have to take a charger for either my ipod or phone...
No, I'm simply talking about a scenario where I want to listen to something but my headphones aren't charged.
In such a scenario, I have to wait 15 minutes.
Murphy's Law in this case means that the best outcome is to remove the possibility of poor planning by not having to juggle multiple devices that require you to plan your charging schedules around in the first place.
Isn't the point that you shouldn't need to 'plan' this at all. That's just extra mental load that isn't necessary.