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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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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt (edited )

It's because they don't have anything new to sell customers. So they just remove shit and re-add it later.

Ever notice how the "smartphone" has remained virtually unchanged since the first iPhone (2004)? Only thing "new" is faster hardware, nicer cameras, bullshit AI "assistants", and other useless gimmicks.

Selling people tech today is more about programming them to forget, rather than innovating new technology.

edit: also notice how all the new changes they make are cheaper to produce? touchscreens are 10x cheaper than designing physical buttons

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agree that mostly just minor changes have happened... tho three recent additions over the last several years I find useful are BLE, NFC and wireless charging. Yeah Bluetooth classic for headphones were already a thing from long ago, but BLE is fundamentally different.

also notice how all the new changes they make are cheaper to produce? touchscreens are 10x cheaper than designing physical buttons

how else are they going to grow profit? lower costs and higher prices.