Making the iPhone Waterproof May Be More Difficult Than Most People Think
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Fails consumer Reports Water-Resistance Test
Isn't the Galaxy S7 "exhibit A" when ever anyone tries to say that Apple doesn't need to remove the headphone jack to make the iPhone water resistant?
I still think that most people miss the point when discussing whether or not Apple should remove the headphone jack. The jack is not on trial. The question is at what point do the benefits of removing the jack outweigh the cost?
Aside from the benefits that everyone always brings up, edge-to-edge screen and water resistance, there is also the issue of complexity. The number one contributor to product cost is component number and complexity. At every corporation I've ever worked, each component in the bill of materials is eyed as a suspect in a murder trial. There are teams of manufacturing analysts trying to make the case that the suspect deserves elimination.
I'd think that if Apple has access to data that shows the trendline for wireless vs non-wireless listening is going to intersect very soon. Then this isn't as big of a risk as everyone thinks. After all, the last thing Apple wants to do is hurt iPhone sales.
For all the talk of Google's vaunted "deep-learning" isn't it interesting that Apple may be the one with the edge in data collection to allow them to identify this trend? Why? Because they own both OS and the hardware side of the business.
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Fails consumer Reports Water-Resistance Test
Isn't the Galaxy S7 "exhibit A" when ever anyone tries to say that Apple doesn't need to remove the headphone jack to make the iPhone water resistant?
I still think that most people miss the point when discussing whether or not Apple should remove the headphone jack. The jack is not on trial. The question is at what point do the benefits of removing the jack outweigh the cost?
Aside from the benefits that everyone always brings up, edge-to-edge screen and water resistance, there is also the issue of complexity. The number one contributor to product cost is component number and complexity. At every corporation I've ever worked, each component in the bill of materials is eyed as a suspect in a murder trial. There are teams of manufacturing analysts trying to make the case that the suspect deserves elimination.
I'd think that if Apple has access to data that shows the trendline for wireless vs non-wireless listening is going to intersect very soon. Then this isn't as big of a risk as everyone thinks. After all, the last thing Apple wants to do is hurt iPhone sales.
For all the talk of Google's vaunted "deep-learning" isn't it interesting that Apple may be the one with the edge in data collection to allow them to identify this trend? Why? Because they own both OS and the hardware side of the business.
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