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There are tradeoffs. Modular hookups take up more space and have a failure rate compared to just soldering something down. You can dream, but unless you're will
by cwyers 9y ago
There are tradeoffs. Modular hookups take up more space and have a failure rate compared to just soldering something down. You can dream, but unless you're willing to make tradeoffs, that's all you can do.
- tomc1985 9y agoWhat you describe is a matter of willpower. I would bet one could modularize a modern iPhone to previous levels of repairability with only 10% to 20% more space. But Apple wants those repair dollars...
- redial 9y ago> What you describe is a matter of willpower. > ...only 10% to 20% more space. So not a matter of willpower then?
- tomc1985 9y agoWillpower drives everything... but there's less money in modularity so Apple doesn't have it
- cwyers 9y agoNo, look, 10-20% bigger is a real tradeoff. It's not about willpower, it's about what tradeoffs matter to you. Apple doesn't want their phones bigger. They very clearly care about how thin and light everything they make is. And I can mock it all I want to (I don't own a single Apple product, because I really don't share those values), but given that they are incredibly successful at what they do I don't think it's obvious that consumers don't care about these things. You can argue this preference all you want, but until you admit _it even exists_ you aren't going to be able to have a useful conversation on the matter.
- redial 9y agoIf by making use of your "willpower" other things fall out of your control, then is not just a matter of willpower. By making it modular you are sacrificing size, there are no two ways around it. The discussion gets nowhere if people keep claiming the same exact product can be built if you just try hard enough.
- criddell 9y agoWhich means either a smaller battery or a thicker phone. I don't want either of those things.
- coredog64 9y agoNearly every iPhone I see is wrapped in a case to protect it (i.e. making it thicker). The current iPhone 7 is 7.3mm thick. An additional 10% would mean 8mm. It's not a razor -- you don't need to shave with it.
- tomc1985 9y ago> Nearly every iPhone I see is wrapped in a case to protect it (i.e. making it thicker). Some of those cases take you more than halfway towards 80s-carphone size...
- digi_owl 9y agoAnd thus we can't have useful things...