Re:Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
by kalleboo on Saturday December 31, 2016 @12:50AM
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Why bother with expandable memory if you haven't bought a memory card for it in over 3 years?
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Re:Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
by Dylan16807 on Saturday December 31, 2016 @04:08AM
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It matters less as phone storage finally drops below $1 per GB, but traditionally it was not fun to pay 5x as much as a good-quality microSD, and that's if they even have the option to put in enough in the first place.
Re:Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
by legodt on Saturday December 31, 2016 @03:37AM
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Bad comparison, memory cards are a clear need (gotta have more storage space) and are not responses to poor design decisions (gotta counteract a port I use every day being taken away).
Re:Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
by kalleboo on Saturday December 31, 2016 @03:44AM
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A clear need for you isn't a clear need for everyone. Maybe I have all my stuff in the cloud, so I don't "gotta have more storage space". Meanwhile I've been using Bluetooth headphones for a decade now, I have no need for the headphone port.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no Apple fanboy. But the real injustice here is that they're clinging to their proprietary Lightning port instead of going with the standard USB-C. That is complete bullshit.