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Instead of retaining beloved features, Apple is killing them prematurely to hit an internal accounting goal. It’s these margins, I fear, that are killing Apple’s common sense. Why did Apple kill the floppy drive and standard USB? Because in both cases, Apple felt the component was going to be used less in the near future and wanted to build a platform that it could still use after the component was eliminated. This happens when the prices of such components drop to levels where Apple can integrate them into a broader product line while maintaining predetermined margins. Components found in the latest iPhone will eventually make their way into other products like the Apple TV, iPad and iPod touch. It can afford to release products on a systematic schedule to maximize margins. It’s how the company amassed its $261 billion cash hoard. Worse yet, USB-C cables that are supposedly universal are anything but, with some cables only capable of charging while others can do data transfer and still others do not work at all - and they all have the same connector at the end of the cable.Īpple is notorious for its margins. Instead, users are living the dongle life now to charge USB devices, use SD cards and flash drives. In its latest notebooks, now nearly a year old, Apple got rid of standard USB ports in favor of USB-C, a new standard that supposedly was going to lead us into universal happiness. The latest MacBooks and MacBook Pros also demonstrate Apple is outpacing the consumer electronics industry. After all, Apple AirPods have accounted for 85% of money spent on wireless headphones in the US since their launch.
Yet few other phones have ditched the headphone jack altogether, and if the rest of the industry does not follow Apple’s lead, there’s going to be little reason for accessory makers to keep making the wireless earbuds too.
And competitors have followed suit, too, with most companies from Sony to Samsung to B&O releasing sets of their own. Studies have shown that even with their limited availability, the AirPods bought Apple a commanding lead in the wireless earbud market. They’ve been on backorder since their release (Apple released a new version today). But good luck walking into a store and buying a set. At the same time Apple announced its wireless earbuds AirPods, which seem to be universally loved and hated. Apple killed the headphone jack with the iPhone 7 in 2016. The last couple of moves have not gone as smoothly. And in all those cases, history proved Apple’s foresight correct. It removed CD drives from notebooks while consumers will still making mix tapes. It removed Firewire when Firewire was the de facto standard for video professionals.
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It killed off the floppy disc when Windows was still available for purchase on floppy. But this trend is accelerating and that’s troubling.Īpple has long removed components ahead of the rest of the industry. The iPhone X is following a quintessential Apple trend of eliminating items Apple feels are no longer necessary. I’m the guy at the dealership yelling at a green salesmen because the new Buick does not have an ashtray. Listen, I understand how this editorial makes me look.
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Instead of following the trend found on many Android phones, Apple did not, for whatever reason, put the TouchID sensor on the back of the iPhone X. It just doesn’t have that swanky, no-bezel screen found on the iPhone X.Īs the story goes Apple tried to build TouchID into the screen of the iPhone X but couldn’t pull off the trick. The iPhone 8 lacks the headphone jack but retains TouchID. Thankfully Apple is releasing an upgraded version of the iPhone 7. After watching the system fail during the first public demo, I knew this wasn’t something I wanted to beta test for Apple.
It’s not a replacement for TouchID which requires the most minimal of user interaction and works perfectly in the dark and on the sly.įaceID sounds great in theory and perhaps I’ll change my tune after the bugs are worked out. Perhaps it’s ignorant of me to dismiss FaceID before trying it, so call me ignorant. I was prepared to begrudgingly purchase wireless earbuds and join the wireless revolution even though I have several sets of lovely headphones with 3.5mm jacks. I knew the former was going to be missing. I’m the same way with cars but that’s a rambling post for another day.īy my standards, two things are missing from the new iPhone: A headphone jack and TouchID.
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I only got rid of the iPhone 5 because I cracked the screen but held on to it for 5 months so I could get the iPhone 6. My first smartphone was a Droid X, which I traded in for an iPhone 5.
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I tend to keep these things longer than Apple’s upgrade cycle. The $1,000 price tag of the iPhone X doesn’t bother me.
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