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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dog_ to c/googlepixel
 

https://gizmodo.com/google-s-pixel-8-sim-slot-esim-only-iphone-1850759671

What happened to daring to be different? What happened to having options? What happened to creativity?

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[–] dog_ 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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.

[–] dog_ 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] dog_ 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think it would make that big of a difference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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_ 2 points 1 year ago

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