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avon b7 said:

SuntanIronMan said:

netrox said:

Why would they think it's a good idea to remove port when it can be used for high speed data or recharging more efficiently? 

Thinner phone (as the article says). If you have a USB-C port, then the device (of course) needs to be at least as thick as a USB-C port.

If you look at the recently released Oppo Find N5 foldable, it’s basically as thin as it can possibly be. (Specifically: the half with the USB-C port is basically as thin as it can possibly be.) It’s just ever-so-slightly thicker than a USB-C port. The only way to go meaningfully-thinner would be forgo the USB-C port entirely.

If this iPhone is specially suppose to be the thin phone (that’s the reason why it is being made), then removing the port will help to accomplish that goal. 

We have a camera bump so we could have a USB bump at the other end. 

pulseimages said:

isidore said:

I use a 13 mini. I hate large phones that you can't use with one hand and which when you put in your pocket makes it look like you're packing a Glock. But the real point is why should Apple's range of phones all be identical? Why conform to only one idea of the ideal iphone, just with minor differences in spec? I get a lot of unsolicited positive comments about the mini and I personally think it was a mistake not to continue this design alternative, but I accept that there are many that you would have to pry their phablets from their cold dead fingers. More variety is good for apple's ecosystem.

I bet the iPhone 17 Air will be a sales dud just like the Mini models. 

crazyexcalibur said:

How’s the Metaverse doing? Facebook renamed their company because they thought the Metaverse was the next great thing. Missteps happen, but cook has been tremendous for Apple. I will say that Apple has shown signs of slipping and Apple Intelligence is the latest. I would even say that Vision Pro was rushed and he is spinning it as a product for early adopters. He deserves some grace but should be criticized when deserved. 

danox said:

KalMadda said:

No lies involved, simply a delay in feature rollout due to last minute issues requiring reworking to fix.  The ad clearly said “coming in a future update”.  Apple never said that was currently possible with the public version of Siri, they said it will eventually be possible with a future software update, and there is absolutely no reason to believe that isn’t still the case…  Apple says they anticipate rolling out the features within the next year.  Now that they’re done whining about how bad the iPhone 16e supposedly is because it doesn’t have MagSafe, these tech writers need a new artificial scandal to whine about.  And so they’ve turned a simple delay of feature rollout into claims of Apple “lying”, “misleading”, claiming the features “never existed”, were “never under development”, etc., when there’s zero evidence for any of those claims, and zero reason to believe them…  We actually have many good reasons to believe Apple is developing these features, and simply ran into last minute issues that will require a delay.  For one, Gurman cited internal sources numerous times about the features when saying they would release in 18.4, and then later when he said they were potentially looking at a delay to 18.5.  I’m really getting sick and tired of tech writers making claims like this with absolutely zero evidence.  It’s wrong to falsely accuse companies and/or people of “lying” and such when there is absolutely no evidence to support those accusations.  It’s merely someone’s conjecture, and much of this comes across like school children throwing tantrums because they didn’t get what they wanted right now this instant and will have to wait…

Hmm… hasn’t Apple been criticized many times about not being an open book in terms of their product announcements in comparison to other companies like Google, Meta, Samsung or Microsoft (Recall AI, Blizzard acquisition, CloudStrike Kernel presence, Surface Computers, Billions-financing OpenAI) who usually blurt out everything before hand? And haven’t Apple been routinely criticized about not making huge blockbuster acquisitions over the years? It appears they can’t win no matter what they do….. Once again in comparison to their competition, Apple may be easily one of the best run companies in tech and Tim Cook is  probably the best CEO going.

Notice: the five blunders by Microsoft within the last 12 to 18 months. 

DAalseth said:

The analyst implies that Apple is working on an updated C1 modem rather than a C2. Other sources have claimed that a C2 is already in development, but again that's a prediction on a par with night following day. 

Both could be true. C1.5 for later this year and a C2 for next year.