Samsung has an audio port, it's kinda waterproof (down to about 5 feet). Apple removed the audio port as a marketing gimmick to sell their wireless earbuds. They hardly lost any customers over it, so they consider it a hit. Apple defines the value of propaganda.
Fine, make it an option then. Whatever, like you said above to the other guy, I'm not a customer. I guess they don't want me as one either. Regardless of yours and their opinion, look and feel are nice, but I consider a mic/headphone jack a necessity. Inch by inch the market is failing me.
Anyway, contrary to your assertion, they did not remove it to make it waterproof. It is pure marketing. After all, Apple is the leading pioneer in computer lockdown, since the earliest Macs.
They removed the audio port to make it waterproof.
Yes, they did remove it -- in large part --to make it waterproof.
Ah, the caterpillar morphs into a butterfly... Well, sure, anything over 50% makes it large enough.. Hell, in the boardroom it only takes one (person, not percent) I'll let ya in on a little secret, everything about Apple is a marketing decision (though the thing with the chargers is probably just getting rid of old inventory), Android too. You gotta keep the treadmill running.
Rolling Eyes (Score:2, Interesting)
Most customers want to keep the same connector, because they already have chargers and cables, and sometimes even accessories, for it.
USB-C is better in the long run, but that doesn't make it better now.
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It'd be trivial to have a 6mm audio port in addition to everything else. It's not about what people want, it's about locking down the HDCP.
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They removed the audio port to make it waterproof.
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Samsung has an audio port, it's kinda waterproof (down to about 5 feet). Apple removed the audio port as a marketing gimmick to sell their wireless earbuds. They hardly lost any customers over it, so they consider it a hit. Apple defines the value of propaganda.
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And that audio port is more expensive and more prone to failure. Shrug.
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Fine, make it an option then. Whatever, like you said above to the other guy, I'm not a customer. I guess they don't want me as one either. Regardless of yours and their opinion, look and feel are nice, but I consider a mic/headphone jack a necessity. Inch by inch the market is failing me.
Anyway, contrary to your assertion, they did not remove it to make it waterproof. It is pure marketing. After all, Apple is the leading pioneer in computer lockdown, since the earliest Macs.
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Yes, they did remove it — in large part —to make it waterproof.
Yes, it could have been made waterproof with the port, at additional cost and complexity. That doesn't make it not a reason.
Re:Rolling Eyes (Score:0)
They removed the audio port to make it waterproof.
Yes, they did remove it -- in large part --to make it waterproof.
Ah, the caterpillar morphs into a butterfly... Well, sure, anything over 50% makes it large enough.. Hell, in the boardroom it only takes one (person, not percent) I'll let ya in on a little secret, everything about Apple is a marketing decision (though the thing with the chargers is probably just getting rid of old inventory), Android too. You gotta keep the treadmill running.