Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp

Re:Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp by shaklee3 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:50AM (#16271766)

Those don't exist in the iPhone either, so I'm not sure what you're arguing for. There's a reason most flagships don't have those anymore.

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Re:Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp by rxhernandez on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @02:04AM (#16272115)

I haven't heard a single good reason beyond the manufacturers' ambitions.

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Re:Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp by rimliu on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @04:23AM (#16272615)

How about this: most users do not care. The only thing I used from what you mention was headphone jack, but with iPhone 7 I got Beats X and all I can say: good riddance. I will argue that for most iPhone users whatever earbuds they find in the box are good enough. SD cards? Why would I want that…

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Re:Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp by izacus on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:10AM (#16272310)

You forgot about Samsung Galaxy devices, which have all of that and are the most successful mobile phones right next to iPhone.

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Re:Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:30AM (#16272391)

Galaxy S and Note flagship lines actually had dropped removable storage several generations ago and recently brought it back.

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Re:Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp by kajecounterhack on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @02:03AM (#16272109)

+1 those few reasons mostly being water resistance (headphone jack) and compactness (everything)

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