Headphone plug/player connection change suggestion/i

I've recently experienced a problem:
the connector within my zen doesn't properly connect to the headphone plug anymore (probably has something to do with the connectors bending out of place)
this is the second time that i've experienced this with my zen, and i've seen this before with other headphone connectors. So this got me thinking: we have tons of different connector options, why are we still using something which is guaranteed to break down after a couple of years.
Bending the connectors back to their original position doesn't do anything but weaken the connectors. Its a temporary solution, eventually they'll break.
And thats not something you want with a expensi've product like a mp3 player.
so my thought on this whole matter is: why don't we replace the headphone connection with something like mini-usb. which doesn't bend at all. It seems much more appropriate.
And in this society of mp3 player users, who will care about the old connector? probably people will accept this change quite quickly as soon as they realize the benefit.
And i think that changing the connector won't have a lot of price impact. so the headphone prices should stay the same.
a dominant player like creative could probably make a change like this without to much trouble. Not to mention it would take some load of the replacement program which creative has. I'm currently in the process of requesting a RMA again for a minor issue, which is quite laughable actually. Especially because its a problem which could be solved quite easily.
basically i thought i would toss the idea and see if people think it has merit

Good idea, i think it'sshould gives better sound quality , imagine even better sound quality on a creative by doing this.Apple can say good bye

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