You know, it's interesting that the lack of a USB port, or an SD slot, is something that's actually preferred by large businesses. Both are major entry ports for Data theft. The fact that they aren't there is adding to security. Apple's adapters don't allow remote code execution as regular USB and SD slots would.
Large business interests are not mine. When did Apple become a company that catered to large businesses ahead of consumers? Last time I checked iPhones all had cameras too, which a lot of large businesses also don't like.
Re. remote code execution, that's a barrel of assumptions and is not insurmountable. Is code executable from an SD card in the Lightning to SD adaptor?
And your interests are not mine. so what? Apple can come out with a product mostly, but not entirely, intended for consumers, and if industry is interested, as happened with the iPhone, morph that product so that industry and government will be even more interested, as also happened with the iPhone. Don't say that Apple isn't interested in organizational usage. It's estimated that 25% of iPhone sales are directly to government and industry. That now over 50 million phones a year. Why do you think they've been adding all of those organizational features to their products, both hardware and software? You will never even see some of those features.
As for the ipad, what Apple did, just happened to resound with large organizations. From the beginning, I read that they liked the fact that it didn't come with a regular USB port. So I imagine they like the fact that it doesn't come with an SD slot as well.
And if you'd pay attention to what Apple says, you'd see that they are very happy that last year, over $25 billion of their product sales were to the enterprise, up 40% from the year before, which means all large organizations, whether business for profit, non profit organizations and government. They've been tailoring their products for the enterprise for years, and that was well before SJ passed away.
How wonderful for Apple. Should I withdraw my demands as a consumer because Apple are doing well as a business?
As I said before, large business interests are not my interests. Apple's interests are not my interests either. I don't understand why you think this is a response worth making to someone complaining about one of Apple's products. Businesses that I have no relationship with enjoy a lack of features to my detriment? To hell with those businesses, I still want what I want.
No, but you should stop thinking that your interests are important to everyone else, and that features for others need to be of interest to you. Apple sells product to a lot of different audiences. Like it or not, they will be adding features you don't need, or even want. They may even not add features that you do want because they conflict with features they believe to be more important.
Live with that, or buy another company's products. You don't have much choice unless enough others want what you want. It's a hierarchy of needs and sales. Yours may be low or high on that scale. It must be nice to be so needy.
I'll live with that, while also making my opinion heard, thanks very much. You're being very condescending about things that are blindingly obvious and don't need to be said.
I don't think it's "needy" to not be entirely satisfied with a product. You must be very easily satisfied if the whims of big business are your first thought when it comes to new iPhone features.
All I did was answer a person who seemed to be implying that it was not "real" to think that a company like Apple could put a Micro SD slot into a phone without compromising design. OnePlus have. I don't even want an SD slot all that much, I just think it'd be nice to have, and the reasons against that you've given are bogus from a consumer perspective. Given that 75% of sales (your figures) are to consumers, then consumer-facing features should be an Apple priority.
It isn't whether you are satisfied with a product or not, either completely, or in part, that's the problem. It's your total disregard for anyone else's concerns that's the problem.
Generally, most of us can understand why some decisions are taken, and even if we're not thrilled by them, we understand that some things need to be done for the overall health of the platform. What you're saying, very directly, is that you want what you want, and that you don't care anything about what anyone else wants. That is a problem, though you apparently don't see that. Apple can't put every feature in that every individual wants. They need to select what they do. Not everyone will be 100% satisfied.
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Generally, most of us can understand why some decisions are taken, and even if we're not thrilled by them, we understand that some things need to be done for the overall health of the platform. What you're saying, very directly, is that you want what you want, and that you don't care anything about what anyone else wants. That is a problem, though you apparently don't see that. Apple can't put every feature in that every individual wants. They need to select what they do. Not everyone will be 100% satisfied.