The 19th Century plug that's still being used

Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by Camillo on Sunday July 31, 2016 @11:21PM (#12200028)

> "Thinner phone" is a stupid requirement.

You may think that the current iPhones are thin enough, but almost nobody actually uses the phone on its own. You need to take into account the thickness of the case, and now that people are playing Pokemon Go, it really needs to be a battery case, which is even thicker. So the base phone needs to be thinner.

(They can't just make the phone a little thicker and put the extra battery inside it because reasons.)

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Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by xkcd-sucks on Monday August 01, 2016 @02:09AM (#12200483)

Oh oh and the battery case can have a built-in bluetooth audio module with a headphone jack on it!

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Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by pvdebbe on Monday August 01, 2016 @09:00AM (#12201992)

Other manufacturers seem to be able to design devices that have the sturdiness and the battery such that extra cases aren't required in everyday use.

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Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by x1798DE on Monday August 01, 2016 @12:58AM (#12200283)

Doesn't need to be a battery case if they design a phone with a replaceable battery, like every phone I've ever owned (after iPhone 3G, which was more or less the only option at the time).

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