Gurman: Apple wanted iPhone 17 Air to be a port-free device
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- Anonymous
- Ibx
- 14 hours ago
kdss, 18 hours agoApple must have hired the Pixel designers. 😁The Pixel designers Google bought from HTC to copy the LG design.
- Just my opinion
- fXa
- 14 hours ago
Man, classic Apple, is throwing a tantrum because their money maker, that Lightning thing, isn't special anymore. They loved having their own little club, but now everyone is using USB C. Most likely everyone who buys a phone nowadays already got one of those USB c chargers , even if they don't , they could always grab a fast third party one at a far cheaper price than theirs. And that's exactly what ticks iFruit off since they are used to being the boss, always telling you what accessories to buy and how much to pay. I am guessing USB-C messed that up, and now they need to lock down their accessories again
So they are probably going to try and get rid of it to go back to their old ways and make you buy Apple approved stuff again. As always, they will sell you a phone in a plain box , just the device itself, and you will be forced to buy their 'MagSafe Supa Dupa Pro Ultra' wireless charger, or whatever marketing nonsense they come up with, a $300 piece of plastic that does the same thing as a $20 charger. Of course, they will claim it is for a cleaner, more seamless experience, but we all know it's about control and profit. They'll probably even implement some secure wireless charging protocol that only works with their chargers, just to make sure you can't use anything else.
Lol , They are not innovators... they're profit driven puppet masters, and you're all dancing on their strings
...just my opinion, remember the name.
- chocowii
- t78
- 15 hours ago
This will become a precedent to future phones outside Apple, unfortunately.
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- Palera
- nmN
- 15 hours ago
I'm holding onto the hope that EU regulations somehow stop this strive towards portless devices. Not only is USB-C charging important, so is hardware access for file transfer and other things such as extra storage, etc. Taking away features is, to me, never innovation but simply removing options from consumers.
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- Phone Shop Guy
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- 15 hours ago
Apple selling less phone for more money, as per usual. Literally the worst company around when it comes to catering for its customers
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- nGr
- 16 hours ago
If apple made a portless phone they wouldn't put a magsafe charger in the box and make the box as thin as possible. It's just a useless gimmick
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- 16 hours ago
Vasra, 16 hours agoLOL, without EU, Apple would have no competition for it... moreLooks like someone has no idea what Communism is...
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- FarFan
- MyF
- 16 hours ago
Anonymous, 18 hours agoPort less, but not hole less. Speaker and mic still need a ... moreDon't forget about a hole in the screen
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- Hugo
- Hkr
- 16 hours ago
Vasra, 16 hours agoLOL, without EU, Apple would have no competition for it... moreAm not a leftist but you should understand that uncontrolled capitalism only degenerates into some from of cronyism like we are seeing here im India with Adani and Ambani. Ots always the consumers who are the end losers.
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- Fire Smeller
- CG1
- 16 hours ago
Lithium-ion battery and heat is a no-go area,coming to add wireless charging which generates heat just like wired ?
Portless phone would really be great for battery longevity *smirks*
- Vasra
- iA@
- 16 hours ago
LOL, without EU, Apple would have no competition for it's chargers, app store, browser or soon anything that you attach to your iPhone.
For once the communists at EU did something right.
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- Zero
- L8%
- 16 hours ago
RealLifePhones, 16 hours agoFAKE NEWS & PROPAGÄNDA! US iPhoness have no physical S... moreSorry, but ROW is NOT the US and still needs ports. Don't want to see port less or sim less phones for now. If you US kiddos wants to pay more for less, go, but ROW still want to keep features
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- RealLifePhones
- nZ2
- 16 hours ago
FAKE NEWS & PROPAGÄNDA!
US iPhoness have no physical SIM card slot while ROW has it so if Apple wants a portless iPhone they could've made an EU version with USB-C while ROW would get a portless version. This is just defamation of the EU because they force them to be pro-consumer for once
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- Anonymous
- pKL
- 16 hours ago
What about data transfer? Wireless energy transfer isn't efficient or fast. Next it will be capacitive touch volume and power controls and no more buttons or holes period.
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- HopeFilledIdiot
- 7kL
- 16 hours ago
Apple just trying to squeeze more money out of its gullible users.... I didn't think they could hit a much more low point than just removing the charger but now they wanna create a dependency on a way less efficient wireless charging because those chargers are always sold at a good enough profit margin?
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- Bee-Ant
- Kxk
- 16 hours ago
Wireless for charging only is fine. But for data transfer? no thanks.
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- Anonymous
- E5h
- 16 hours ago
Nothing surprising here, magsafe was their first step.
Worst part is how other companies will monkey this without fixing the issues caused around it.