IDK man, they tend to push the industry in anti-consumer ways.
They killed the audio jack. That's pretty heinous.
And they removed the sim slot.
And the finger print reader.
And they actively try to kill 3rd party repair.
They killed the audio jack. That's pretty heinous.
And they removed the sim slot.
And the finger print reader.
And they actively try to kill 3rd party repair.
Annoying, but easily fixed with an adapter or bluetooth headphones.
> And they removed the sim slot.
They're just ahead of the curve on this one. The entire industry is moving to eSims for a number of reasons. This wasn't just Apple. In fact, Samsung was the first major company to release a product that used it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESIM
> And the finger print reader.
Finger print readers are available on iPhone SEs, iPads (except Pro models), MacBooks, and even the latest version of their desktop keyboards. Every other device either uses Face ID or is something that just doesn't make sense to have biometric unlocking as a feature in the first place.
> And they actively try to kill 3rd party repair.
Apple devices are not easy to repair, but they do have this:
https://support.apple.com/self-service-repair
Which is better than what many manufacturers have.
Yeah, this still sucks. It'll probably never stop being worse than having the jack.
> And they removed the sim slot.
... this has been really nice? The new virtual-sim thing has been strictly an improvement, for me. But there may be some use-cases I don't need that it's been worse for, IDK.
> And the finger print reader.
Poor success rate for me in the best of times, and I had to re-train it every few months or shifting temp & humidity would drop the unlock success rate to like 10%. Face unlock has been a huge improvement for me, and keeps getting better, a couple years of Covid mask-related trouble aside (but, YMMV).