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I had no pressing need to upgrade to the new MacBook Pro and I'm glad I've waited but the reintroduction of the magsafe charger would be pretty awesome. As much as I want that I don't know if I can see Apple backtracking on that, but I'd love to be wrong. Also no USB-C on the new iPhone is slightly disappointing even if it does mean I don't have to buy all new cables.

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Yea, I agree that magsafe would be nice to see again.

Also, I still get chuckles that the current crop of MacBooks have the exact two ports that everyone wants on current iPhone.

OK, I asked if Magsafe will come back in a relevant subthread: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/6ezhwm/iama_foxconn_...

Assume my question hasn't been answered unless there's a comment underneath here saying it has. (I'm about to go to bed, anyone else is free to update.)

Has Apple ever backtracked on something as significant as the MagSafe?

Nothing comes to mind, I think there is about as much chance of that happening as them bringing back the headphone jack...

Maybe I'm in the minority, but removing the headphone jack completely pushed me away from the iPhone. It also really put into perspective the rest of their product line and how I could probably do better

It didn't hurt their sales, so it looks like an okay decision from a product perspective.

We don't know it didn't hurt their sales. It's quite possible sales would have been higher if they'd worked out a way to keep it.

As a single data point, the loss of the headphone jack was the sole reason I didn't buy a 7.

Me too. I'm switching to Android because of the removal of that headphone jack. It was the final straw that pushed me off iPhone. When my 2012 MBP dies I'll buy an Asus.

Yet iphone and MacBook sales are higher than ever.

I think they could "backtrack" to MagSafe and save face by framing it as an enhancement to USB-C. "We're embracing standards, but we also designed an elegant MagSafe connector for USB-C."

As for return of a dedicated headphone jack on iPhones, I think that is highly unlikely as it was fundamental to their ideas about "wireless future." MagSafe they can return to ideologically.

This honestly seems like the most likely way to reintroduce MagSafe. Reintroducing the non-USB-C connector would be even more infuriating that its removal for those that have already purchased the newer MacBook Pros.

If anything, we would probably see some sort of Magsafe-model USB-C to magnetic connector dongle.

For $20?

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