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I had no pressing need to upgrade to the new MacBook Pro and I'm glad I've waited but the reintroduction of the magsafe charger would be pretty awesome. As much

I had no pressing need to upgrade to the new MacBook Pro and I'm glad I've waited but the reintroduction of the magsafe charger would be pretty awesome. As much as I want that I don't know if I can see Apple backtracking on that, but I'd love to be wrong. Also no USB-C on the new iPhone is slightly disappointing even if it does mean I don't have to buy all new cables.

Simulacra 9y ago
Has Apple ever backtracked on something as significant as the MagSafe?
- joshstrange 9y ago
  Nothing comes to mind, I think there is about as much chance of that happening as them bringing back the headphone jack...
  - Simulacra 9y ago
    Maybe I'm in the minority, but removing the headphone jack completely pushed me away from the iPhone. It also really put into perspective the rest of their product line and how I could probably do better
    - valuearb 9y ago
      It didn't hurt their sales, so it looks like an okay decision from a product perspective.
      - TheOtherHobbes 9y ago
        We don't know it didn't hurt their sales. It's quite possible sales would have been higher if they'd worked out a way to keep it. As a single data point, the loss of the headphone jack was the sole reason I didn't buy a 7.
        Simulacra 9y ago
        Me too. I'm switching to Android because of the removal of that headphone jack. It was the final straw that pushed me off iPhone. When my 2012 MBP dies I'll buy an Asus.
        valuearb 9y ago
        Yet iphone and MacBook sales are higher than ever.
  - fiatpandas 9y ago
    I think they could "backtrack" to MagSafe and save face by framing it as an enhancement to USB-C. "We're embracing standards, but we also designed an elegant MagSafe connector for USB-C." As for return of a dedicated headphone jack on iPhones, I think that is highly unlikely as it was fundamental to their ideas about "wireless future." MagSafe they can return to ideologically.
    - dstaley 9y ago
      This honestly seems like the most likely way to reintroduce MagSafe. Reintroducing the non-USB-C connector would be even more infuriating that its removal for those that have already purchased the newer MacBook Pros.
- akeck 9y ago
  If anything, we would probably see some sort of Magsafe-model USB-C to magnetic connector dongle.
  - Simulacra 9y ago
    For $20?
nfriedly 9y ago
Yea, I agree that magsafe would be nice to see again. Also, I still get chuckles that the current crop of MacBooks have the exact two ports that everyone wants on current iPhone.
i336_ 9y ago
OK, I asked if Magsafe will come back in a relevant subthread: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/6ezhwm/iama_foxconn_insider_with_information_on_next_12/dihl7aq/ https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/6ezhwm/iama_foxconn_... Assume my question hasn't been answered unless there's a comment underneath here saying it has. (I'm about to go to bed, anyone else is free to update.)

Simulacra 9y ago

Has Apple ever backtracked on something as significant as the MagSafe?

joshstrange 9y ago
Nothing comes to mind, I think there is about as much chance of that happening as them bringing back the headphone jack...
- Simulacra 9y ago
  Maybe I'm in the minority, but removing the headphone jack completely pushed me away from the iPhone. It also really put into perspective the rest of their product line and how I could probably do better
  - valuearb 9y ago
    It didn't hurt their sales, so it looks like an okay decision from a product perspective.
    - TheOtherHobbes 9y ago
      We don't know it didn't hurt their sales. It's quite possible sales would have been higher if they'd worked out a way to keep it. As a single data point, the loss of the headphone jack was the sole reason I didn't buy a 7.
      - Simulacra 9y ago
        Me too. I'm switching to Android because of the removal of that headphone jack. It was the final straw that pushed me off iPhone. When my 2012 MBP dies I'll buy an Asus.
        valuearb 9y ago
        Yet iphone and MacBook sales are higher than ever.
- fiatpandas 9y ago
  I think they could "backtrack" to MagSafe and save face by framing it as an enhancement to USB-C. "We're embracing standards, but we also designed an elegant MagSafe connector for USB-C." As for return of a dedicated headphone jack on iPhones, I think that is highly unlikely as it was fundamental to their ideas about "wireless future." MagSafe they can return to ideologically.
  - dstaley 9y ago
    This honestly seems like the most likely way to reintroduce MagSafe. Reintroducing the non-USB-C connector would be even more infuriating that its removal for those that have already purchased the newer MacBook Pros.
akeck 9y ago
If anything, we would probably see some sort of Magsafe-model USB-C to magnetic connector dongle.
- Simulacra 9y ago
  For $20?

nfriedly 9y ago

Yea, I agree that magsafe would be nice to see again. Also, I still get chuckles that the current crop of MacBooks have the exact two ports that everyone wants on current iPhone.

i336_ 9y ago

OK, I asked if Magsafe will come back in a relevant subthread: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/6ezhwm/iama_foxconn_insider_with_information_on_next_12/dihl7aq/ https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/6ezhwm/iama_foxconn_... Assume my question hasn't been answered unless there's a comment underneath here saying it has. (I'm about to go to bed, anyone else is free to update.)