Shortly after, Android and iOS released a proper API for doing this which worked in the background but the government did not use it.
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Shortly after, Android and iOS released a proper API for doing this which worked in the background but the government did not use it.
It’s not a surprise no consumer cares. The average consumer would pay an extra $100 for their phone to get it in their favourite colour. The cost of chargers doesn’t even register.
The vast majority of the containers work just as well as the plastic ones did.
But this is not the biggest thing which is that the parts of the iPhone do not determine the price. The price is already set and determines what parts go in. If something somewhere else becomes cheaper, that’s more room in the budget to spend elsewhere whether that be better hardware, hiring more software developers, higher skilled retail workers, etc.
In the end it’s up to the user to decide if what’s in the box provides enough value to justify the price. And from the sales data of the last year, that’s an astounding yes.
This will hit android OEMs hard if it is implemented.
It also does a billion “nice to have” things like card payments which work with your mask on, walking directions with convenient and easy to read arrows, and so much more.
It’s certainly not essential but I have worn mine every single day as it certainly provides value.
It’s also a preinstalled app.
Pixels have become so much worse than the iPhone ever was.
I’m not convinced standardised batteries are required. The vast majority of people are using only a small number of phones. A battery store could easily stock the batteries for every iPhone model. The real problem is how hard it is for the average person to replace them.