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Minimalist design removes physical buttons in favor of touch screens. Then down the road "premium" versions of the device are sold with physical buttons as a premium feature.

Two examples are the more expensive Kindle having its page turn buttons and the new iPhone having a special button. I'm sure there are other examples. It won't be too long until a headphone jack is a premium feature.

Minimalist design removes physical buttons in favor of touch screens. Then down the road "premium" versions of the device are sold with physical buttons as a premium feature. Two examples are the more expensive Kindle having its page turn buttons and the new iPhone having a special button. I'm sure there are other examples. It won't be too long until a headphone jack is a premium feature.

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Technological progress has halted in a lot of areas. It's not just minimalist design in phones. Lots of other things remove features, advertise it as a new feature, then add the feature back. Sometimes they charge for it.