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Re:Andy Rubin Puts Essential Up for Sale, Cancels Next Phone by thawkins on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:27PM (#17150396)
It makes IP68/69 waterproofing standard difficult to achieve. I suspect that is the main driver.
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Re:Andy Rubin Puts Essential Up for Sale, Cancels Next Phone by steve19 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:33PM (#17150422)
I don't think it does. It just exposes three (4?) contacts. Less than a USB port. There have been plenty of waterproof phones with jacks.
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Re:Andy Rubin Puts Essential Up for Sale, Cancels Next Phone by ewoodrich on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:03AM (#17151533)
Galaxy S7 and above are IP68 rated and still have a headphone jack. iPhone X is still IP67 w/o a headphone jack.
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