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Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by philihp on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @06:31PM (#24771065)
> Why not flush surface contacts?

Cases then need to have an exposed area for charging, and the surface contacts lower the weather resistance.

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Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by alistairSH on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @07:59PM (#24771749)
and the surface contacts lower the weather resistance

Relative to USB-C or Lightning? I think the question was "why do a Lightning port AND fake-wireless instead of just flush surface contact?"

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