"But if that's a concern, they could make a connector that could be as easily attached to the cable but is big in only one dimension rather than two. So you'd still need a wide port on the device, but not a tall one."

Is the juice worth the squeeze? Again it's easy to terminate twisted pair wiring so any changes that make it less so might better offer more significant differences when hardwaired is alreay a hard sell. All JMO of course,
B