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Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China by jen729w on Thursday September 07, 2017 @08:10AM (#15191057)
It kills me that people like you can't see the long play. Haven't you ever watched a sci-fi movie? Do those guys have 7mm thick phones that they carry around everywhere with a cabling dangling out of it? Nope. They have 1mm thin things that are [printed on their sleeve|hover in the air|do some other ridiculous future nonsense].

Now, is the iPhone "8" going to be like that? Clearly not. iPhone 9? Maybe not. iPhone 10? 11?

That's what Apple are pushing towards. Thank god somebody is, or we'd all be carrying around 7mm thick phones for the rest of eternity.

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Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China by aloisdg on Thursday September 07, 2017 @08:15AM (#15191092)
They can look futuristic without being practical. Google Glasses are another example. The future is not a race. Sometimes it need more time to mature.
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Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China by jen729w on Thursday September 07, 2017 @08:17AM (#15191114)
Needs more time to mature away from a 3.5mm jack in to Bluetooth headphones?! Come on.

Edit: I'm not saying you have to like this, just that to say that Apple did it to make a few more bucks on a dongle is cynical to the point of absurdity.

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