• PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    41·
    11 months ago

    Are you saying it’s not easier to just not have a hole than it is to seal a hole?

    I’m not thrilled about it either, but it’s obvious why they prefer it.

    • Dog@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      They need microphones and speakers. There’s gonna be holes regardless.

      • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        Yeah. But you remove the sim card assembly (BOM), connector/solder pads (system design and internal space) and remove potential ingress points. It’s just easier and cheaper from engineering through to production.

        • MaximumPower@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          Dude, they have under water cameras , you can swim with fucking whales with a huge ass cameras, I’m not going swimming with my phone. Fick all these ratings, it’s not like they would make it cheaper for you. Give me back changeable batteries, I’m not fucking fish.

          • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            They’re chasing IP ratings. I like not losing a phone when I make a dumb, but prefer lightly sealed or unsealed with a replaceable battery. My LG V20 was the bees knees.

            • MaximumPower@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              10 months ago

              Yes, and you can travel to space with a rocket. Common what kind of argument is that. You forgot the steps in between.

              Thanks for sending me to space in this rocket, but how do I get home.

        • Dog@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          Idk, apple replaced their sim card slot with… Plastic. A plastic insert. “Internal Space”

          • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            They’re making SIM and non-SIM versions so that let’s them use the same tooling for both versions. It’s still a BOM reduction, but yeah, the other points would be a much smaller impact.

          • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            I’m not entirely sure how much of a difference it would make in reality, but they’re probably doing it for a reason. Though, with google devices, they may just be trying to nudge other manufacturers in a direction for their own reasons. Google phones help them set and maintain certain standards without trying to force other manufacturers to do what they want.

            Is there a motive you see for Google to do this that isn’t per-unit cost savings?

            • Dog@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              2·
              10 months ago

              As users in this discussion have said, Google just wants more control.