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From the article: "It would have been lovely to have had full-size HDMI connectors, but in order to achieve this we would have to remove other functions, or make a bulkier unit."

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That explanation sounds like BS. Full size HDMI is still shorter than the ethernet jack, so vertical space is there. Width would be the only restriction, but there's plenty of that, too.

As an aside to this- they'd already built an ecosystem around micro HDMI with the Pi 4 so changing it to full-sized HDMI would probably have irritated just as many people as not. They're also more economical to run through a pick-and-place machine, I believe.

Additionally, a little tidbit not included in this article:

"Also, full-sized HDMI connectors have no lead-in (to funnel the connector in). Whereas the micro-HDMI ones do, this makes auto-insertion of the connectors possible when testing which means we can do testing through the connector. This makes it cheaper and more reliable..."

Source: https://twitter.com/gsholling/status/1323322997315411971?s=2...

> Also, full-sized HDMI connectors have no lead-in (to funnel the connector in). Whereas the micro-HDMI ones do,

That's an interesting point I didn't know. Thanks.

Every penny of cost had to be an issue. The RJ-45 jack doesn't have link/activity LEDs.

Ok. Make a bulkier unit.

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