The invention concerns a latching mechanism (105) for assembly of a housing (110) of an electronic device (100). The latching mechanism includes a latch element (120) and a receiving element (131) contained within the housing. The receiving element includes a recess (140) for engaging the latch element and at least one audio port (122) for providing an audio channel (190) for the electronic device. The invention also concerns a method (500) of operating a latching mechanism. The method includes the steps of mechanically coupling (512) a latch element to a housing, creating (514) an audio channel by engaging the latch element within the housing and porting (516) audio through the audio channel.