Why does itunes always show my iphone as connected when it is not

When I plug in one of our Apple devices to sync to our home computer, etc., iTunes shows the device I want to sync, but it also always shows my iphone as plugged in too. (At the top where it says Devices). Not a big deal, but is there a way to remove this instead of always hitting the eject button?

Do you have wifi sync enabled for those devices?
Select the device, click the Summary tab.
If it is enabled, there's no need to eject the device, even with the cable plugged in.

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