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Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub by ghaff on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:01PM (#18178290)
One of the factors is that Apple forces shifts before the mainstream is ready. But they can get away with it because they’re Apple. This was the case before the iPhone BTW with floppy drive factors and the like. Once Apple blesses, others feel authorized to tag along.

Not saying the notch is the same thing but 3.5mm jack certainly is.

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Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub by philjohn on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @05:59PM (#18180174)
Floppy Drive

USB Only

No CD/DVD drive

It's almost as if they can spot an emerging trend quite well (the move away from floppy disks, the ubiquity of USB and downloading software, music and video rather than buying physical media)

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Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub by ghaff on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @06:56PM (#18180536)
It’s not so much spotting trends. I’d argue all of those were obvious by the time Apple took definitive action. The difference is that most other vendors tend to leave in legacy connectors and media for the time period when pulling them out will lead to outrage in forums such as this one.
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Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub by Grazester on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @10:01PM (#18181434)
Well Firewire was a fail. It was great in term of tech but it never caught on outside of Sony and Apple products(both contributes to the standard)
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Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub by basch on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @10:53AM (#18185421)
WiFi
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Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub by pjmlp on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @04:25AM (#18183004)
What would be of the industry if they decided to stick with their plans to go with Copland.
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