alt Hacker NewsWell the costs had to be cut somewhere. At least they put a headphone jack in it, so they're doing better than Microsoft on that front (who inexplicably removed it from the SP line)
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hbn • yesterday at 4:30 PM
If they want to get these things into schools it would be insane to expect the schools to also supply everyone with AirPods or some other kind of wireless headphones.
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f311a • yesterday at 4:02 PM
It's a mobile CPU. They did not modify it. Mobile devices run with a single USB port.
andriy_koval • yesterday at 6:08 PM
> Well the costs had to be cut somewhere.
its investment into next generation of loyal apple users, they more likely be selling it at loss.
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I don't think this is intentional to cut cost. I simply think that the chip was primarily made for devices with one port (iPhone, iPad) and this is a bit of an afterthought.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a future product with 2x USB 3.0 10 Gbps with DisplayPort support on the next generation, A19 Pro or A20 Pro maybe, if the product has enough success.