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I'm pretty sure the motivating factor is waterproofing. The more places where the insides of the phone need to connect to the outside, the harder it is to prote
by egwynn 9y ago
I'm pretty sure the motivating factor is waterproofing. The more places where the insides of the phone need to connect to the outside, the harder it is to protect from water damage.
- jakelarkin 9y agothat and encouraging people to spend $160 on bt earphones
- scarface74 9y agoYou mean by including both headphones with a lightning connector and an adapter?
- imglorp 9y agoIf they add inductive charging and capacitative-only buttons, they could have a solid chunk of glass with no ports or seams. The first phone to that milestone would be an historic achievement. On that note, wtf is up with inductive charging? It's been around since the 90s at least, with the first phone maybe the Palm Pre around 2009. It's super convenient and you'd think Apple would have leaped on that feature, to drop a connector.
- gargravarr 9y agoHarder, yes, but not impossible. Samsung have managed with the Galaxy S5 and S7 without dropping the jack.