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Re:Regarding the eSIM-only iPhone 14 models in the U.S. by threeseed on Saturday September 10, 2022 @12:16AM (#32787756)
Phones are a zero-sum game.

Having features like headphone port and SD cards means you don't have space for other ones that are potentially more useful or popular.

And the fact that the market quietly moved on from headphone ports, SD cards etc. shows that it was the right call.

Physical SIM cards will unquestionably be the next to go.

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Re:Regarding the eSIM-only iPhone 14 models in the U.S. by cowtools on Saturday September 10, 2022 @01:57AM (#32788210)
>And the fact that the market quietly moved on from headphone ports, SD cards etc. shows that it was the right call.

I doubt this. I think the market moved that way because it is more profitable to upsell users to wireless headphones or cloud storage or greater internal storage. Remember, apple releases airpods as they removed headphone jack? It does not necessarily represent an increase in utility on the customer side.

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