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A) They could make it thicker. It’s not an either/or. B) No one was calling for the elimination of the headphone jack. Every poll shows broad support for it. A
by e1ven 8y ago
A) They could make it thicker. It’s not an either/or.
B) No one was calling for the elimination of the headphone jack. Every poll shows broad support for it. Apple themselves said it took ‘courage’ which is not the adjective you’d use to describe an action that the world agrees with.
- threeseed 8y agoSure they could make it thicker. But they won't because I suspect over the last decade they have done market research which tells them IMHO the obvious: nobody wants a thicker phone. Common sense suggests that if the world wanted a thicker phone then one of the hundreds of OEMs would have made one and been successful at it. But yet that has never happened.
- huntie 8y agoI've consistently heard people say that they would prefer a thicker phone if it meant greater battery life, so clearly there isn't nobody who wants a thicker phone.
- isostatic 8y agoBuy a mophie or similar batterycase. What I'd like is a mophie with a 3.5mm jack in that connects to a modern iphone.
- tonyjstark 8y agoIt probably takes "courage" to make a phone thicker... I see myself using my phone less and less to listen to music, sometimes because I forget the dongle. Mind you, I also have bluetooth headphones but they're not very handy on business trips where I need to think about yet another cable and about actually recharging them.
- yardstick 8y agoI’m someone who always has the smart battery case on my iPhone, effectively doubling its size. I wouldn’t dream of leaving the house without the case attached. Apple has demonstrated that they can offer multiple models of differing dimensions and internals, but they won’t even consider this.
- detaro 8y agoRecent iPhones have been getting slightly thicker though, afaik the 6+ was the thinnest.