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Has Apple ever backtracked on something as significant as the MagSafe?
by Simulacra 9y ago
Has Apple ever backtracked on something as significant as the MagSafe?
- joshstrange 9y agoNothing comes to mind, I think there is about as much chance of that happening as them bringing back the headphone jack...
- Simulacra 9y agoMaybe 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 agoIt didn't hurt their sales, so it looks like an okay decision from a product perspective.
- TheOtherHobbes 9y agoWe 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.
- fiatpandas 9y agoI 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 agoThis 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 agoIf anything, we would probably see some sort of Magsafe-model USB-C to magnetic connector dongle.
- Simulacra 9y agoFor $20?