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Economies of scale normally mean to sell variants that people want (thicker / more modular / easier to repair) the price may be substantially higher. You've go

Economies of scale normally mean to sell variants that people want (thicker / more modular / easier to repair) the price may be substantially higher. You've got to generate a full supply chain, from design, mfg, qualification, qc, parts, diagnoses / repair / maint etc. Just sell version with normal sim cards (old complaint). Then it was I'll never buy an apple product if it doesn't have a headphone jack. Then it was I think the move in progress to get away from nano sims to things like esims. I know galaxy and others have been making fun of apple for not having a headphone jack (I'm one of the folks who really misses it because it worked great for making music / audio pass thru stuff with low latency). But do I think there is enough demand to justify the headphone jack vs pushing forward with things like airpods? I don't think so - proof should be in the pudding. Either airpods are making apple big bucks or without headphone jacks apple should be crushed by samsung galaxy phones. I've seen a lot of airpods in ears.

scarface74 6y ago
You know you can buy other Bluetooth headphones besides AirPods and iPhones come with lightning headphones.
- donor20 6y ago
  Sure - but apple has pushed forward and at least in my use cases airpods work really really well. The pairing speed / battery life / distance etc are all very nice. So apple has done something with airpods that the old bluetooth headsets didn't have (yes, I used to use a jabra bluetooth on my old cell phone). So they have done something to dial up the experience? Does my old jabra work as well - no - the audio quality was terrible (and doing bluetooth to my car speakers - also terrible). I can do a facetime audio call with airpods - they sound great. I do a facetime audio call on my cars speaker - it sounds horrible (and the car costs 30K+!)
  - scarface74 6y ago
    I agree. I like my AirPods also. People act as if Apple forces you to buy AirPods. It supports the standard Bluetooth spec as well as it can and added extra features to its own products. The post I was replying to acts as if removal of the headphone jack forces people to buy AirPods. As if I would want to use wired headphones on my watch or AppleTV.

scarface74 6y ago

You know you can buy other Bluetooth headphones besides AirPods and iPhones come with lightning headphones.

donor20 6y ago
Sure - but apple has pushed forward and at least in my use cases airpods work really really well. The pairing speed / battery life / distance etc are all very nice. So apple has done something with airpods that the old bluetooth headsets didn't have (yes, I used to use a jabra bluetooth on my old cell phone). So they have done something to dial up the experience? Does my old jabra work as well - no - the audio quality was terrible (and doing bluetooth to my car speakers - also terrible). I can do a facetime audio call with airpods - they sound great. I do a facetime audio call on my cars speaker - it sounds horrible (and the car costs 30K+!)
- scarface74 6y ago
  I agree. I like my AirPods also. People act as if Apple forces you to buy AirPods. It supports the standard Bluetooth spec as well as it can and added extra features to its own products. The post I was replying to acts as if removal of the headphone jack forces people to buy AirPods. As if I would want to use wired headphones on my watch or AppleTV.