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One should be at the bottom one at the top. I understand space on the phone is a premium but a second port would make the phone so much more usable. Wired headphones, flash drives, camera modules, speaker modules, keyboards, even connection to a TV, all could be used while charging. It's a shame it's not a thing, USB is extremely versatile port, but you only get one and it's used for charging half of the time. (I am aware dongles exist)

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[–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net 73 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The person who decided a headphone jack is superfluous should be found, tarred, feathered, and left naked and alone deep in the alaskan wilderness covered in pigs blood for the wildlife to enjoy.

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I believe Steve Jobs is already dead. And those who inherited his billions probably don't mind all those extra AirPod sales, especially if people keep losing them.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Jobs died before the headphone jack was removed (iphone 7 in 2016, while Jobs died in 2011).

The villain we're looking for is Jony Ive, Apple's product designer until 2019. All other companies just copied Apple's lead so if there is a responsible party, it's him.

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Yea fuck him too, bit ol' Steve was quite a fan of the whole "remove every slightly extra option and then sell it back to the user" way of doing business.

[–] tehcpengsiudai@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

"Courage" the cowardly port.

[–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net 13 points 2 years ago

Steve Jobs died in 2011, the headphone jack disappeared from the iPhone 7 in 2016.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago

It wasn't Steve Jobs who took it away. Steve Jobs probably would have taken it away, but he also probably would have insisted on developing a technically superior but proprietary wireless technology.

[–] Todgerdickinson@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They should also be be required to use a dongle for every tool they use to survive with a limit of only 1 tool at a time