I believe this is the right answer to the question. Other clues that we are heading to that direction (no hole) :
-embedded camera into the screen
-embedded fingerprint sensor into the screen
-embedded speaker and micro into the screen
All of these also mean there wont be a top or bottom with the phone, it could be used in any direction.
Especially, having thinner designs is important to have thin foldable phones in the future.
That would require sync over WiFi to actually work. Reliably.
They're just going to remove local syncing and stick with cloud based solutions.
Doesn't really work when you're developing locally, tho. Can you imagine loading binaries from the cloud into your phone every single time?
I wirelessly deploy from Xcode regularly. It’s slower than cable-based deploys, but not much, and the convenience is worth it for me.
(Apple’s wireless deploys replace the cable, but I assume they do not happen over the cloud — both devices are on the same local network. I haven’t checked the network traffic, but I’d be surprised if the broader internet is involved.)
It is already works like this and works just fine.
At that point you drill out the sealed cover to the JTAG pins, a-la debugging the Apple Watch ;)
Re:What Finally Killed AirPower
by brian-armstrong on Saturday March 30, 2019 @12:18AM
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My phone still has a headphone jack, so removing 1 port still leaves me with 1.
Re:What Finally Killed AirPower
by whynotminot on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:27AM
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We're not talking about your phone, Brian. Keep up.
Re:What Finally Killed AirPower
by cannonedhamster on Saturday March 30, 2019 @12:28AM
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Well so does mine since it was an important feature to me. This conversation is about Apple products though, and they decided to make a convoluted reason to try and prop up their Airpods and Beats headphones to be "courageous". Samsung almost has the problem solved by wireless charging of devices from the phone, however I'm not sure about the long term ramifications of sending electrical signals directly at devices plugged into your ears. Apple Airpods remind me of that scene about hair gel from "Something About Mary" and are basically meant to be thrown away after a few years of use. Meanwhile I've had the same headphones with different earbuds for literally over 5 years. When there are two USB C chargers I might consider dropping the headphone jack.
If you can sync your phone over Wifi, stream to audio over Bluetooth, and reliably and quickly charge wirelessly, then you can remove the port altogether allowing for thinner, more robust, more water resistant designs. It's probably also cheaper to boot.
That's the wireless future that I imagine Apple was/maybe still is imagining.