Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer

Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by mrfusion on Monday January 11, 2016 @07:18AM (#10880342)

Has anyone ever asked for a slimmer phone. Doesn't everyone ask for a bigger battery when asked?

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Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by Arnt on Monday January 11, 2016 @07:30AM (#10880386)

People want small, lightweight, elegant phones with large screens and batteries. Something has to give.

I'm surprised there's a net market advantage in making a phone slimmer than 7mm or so, though.

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Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by static_noise on Monday January 11, 2016 @01:09PM (#10881991)

Do you actually happen to know anyone of these people?

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Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by Arnt on Monday January 11, 2016 @01:53PM (#10882312)

People who want a small phone with a large screen, and a lightweight phone with a large battery? Sure.

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Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by peyton on Monday January 11, 2016 @03:57PM (#10883448)

The thinness is to generate an emotional reaction. When you pick up an iPhone in an Apple Store, it's supposed to feel so nice in your hands that you have to buy it, specs be damned.

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Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by zimpenfish on Monday January 11, 2016 @07:48AM (#10880471)

I think the hundreds of millions of people buying slimmer iPhones probably wanted them.

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Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by Piskvorrr on Monday January 11, 2016 @10:12AM (#10881158)

They wanted them, all right - it doesn't follow that they wanted them because they were a few mm slimmer.

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Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by static_noise on Monday January 11, 2016 @01:09PM (#10881998)

Or because it was the only option for people who want an iPhone.

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Re:Apple will drop headphone jack to make the IPhone 7 slimmer by Piskvorrr on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @02:11AM (#10886004)

Exactly.

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