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 Why do companies seek to offer a phone without slots ?

When Apple canceled the 3.5mm headphone jack, there was a widespread indignation and ridicule revolution about it from various companies and even users, but with the passage we saw everyone imitating Apple, especially in the upper class phones. News leaked out that Apple had considered canceling the charging port itself, but the experiments failed. And at its last conference launched XS / XR with a second virtual chip; The conclusion came with the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, which integrated the phone headphones with the charging port, which makes us ask; Why do companies want a phone without ports ?

When Apple canceled the audio port, everyone mocked it, even Google at the Pixel 1 conference, it said among the advantages that our phone, of course, includes a headphone jack. But the next year was a surprise and that it canceled the port in Pixel 2. Two companies remained, namely OnePlus and Samsung; Tomorrow, OnePlus will launch the 6T phone, and the most prominent change will be the removal of the headphone jack. As for the steadfast Samsung, rumors say that the next S10 within months will also be canceled by the port. Some companies justified the step as to increase the battery, but with time it has been shown the opposite of this matter, as some devices come without a headphone port and at the same time without increasing the battery.

A few days ago, Huawei launched the Mate 20 pro and it came with several great advantages, but it had a controversial change, which is the cancellation of the device's headphones themselves; We are not talking about the wired headphone installation port, but we are talking about the device speaker itself, which is no longer openings next to the charging port or anywhere else outside, but inside the charging port itself. Of course, the experience was good and the performance is great in normal conditions, but if you connect an earphone or charger, the situation is different, as the sound drops down to half or less, as stated in the GSMArena tests.

Moving to the iPhone, we find that there is an acceleration in the telecom companies announcing support for the virtual E-SIM, the last of which was the Saudi Telecom Company STC in an official announcement on its Twitter account (the tweet disappeared later). This makes us think that after a few years the real chip may be permanently canceled. Add to this the arrival of storage capacities to 512 GB, which makes many of us stop buying memory cards, especially since storage capacities reach (read) speeds of more than 1000 MB, while the speed of external cards is often 100 MB, or 10% of the speed, which reduces performance. That is, we might say goodbye to the SD card slot as well.

The dream of a phone without ports

With the passage of time our phones become more important and therefore companies strive to do two things, the first is to add new features and the second is to protect and secure the device against damage. Both of these things contribute to getting them to cancel the device ports.

The presence of the port itself is not the problem in its size, but in its presence, which is followed by several things, for example the audio port means the presence of the chip and wires to receive the sound in this place and the connection chip means that the company puts the electronic chips for communication with the SIM in this place and so on. In addition to this, companies want to make the phone resistant to water and dust, and accordingly put other things to secure this slot in order not to cause liquids and dust to enter the phone and thus match the famous IP standards. That is, you are not only forced to put some equipment in a certain place, but also you are forced to put more to protect the device. But if the port itself is canceled, it is much easier, so companies have absolute freedom in what they put inside their devices, and they also do not need additional things to secure the phone against damage (some isolators will be added, but not the current quantity with the multiple openings).

The future of ports

Where have we got to cancel outlets? This is the question that must be asked ... A few years ago we had the following outlets, and this is what happened in them:

1. Headphone installation port: It has been canceled from the upper phones ($ 600 +) and is being canceled on the middle phones ($ 300-600).
2. Slide port: The transition to the default slide is underway, and we expect 5 years, for example, to fully transition.
3. Charging port: The wireless charging speed is being increased, after the start with 5W, Apple supported 7.5 and Samsung supports 10W, Huawei came to support 15W, which makes us on the way to see fast wireless charging. Of course, the charging port also works for the transfer of data, but with the development of transfer technologies over Wi-Fi, as well as the existence of alternatives such as the smart port, such as the one in the iPad "not actually opening it," we may see with the development of these technologies that they are an alternative to the port.
4. Headphones port: Samsung hinted about SoD technology - see yesterday's article - in which the phone will be without a speaker, but the sound will travel across the screen. It is a technology similar to what Xiaomi revealed years ago in Mi Mix 1, but it quickly canceled it in later phones due to its failure. Samsung may reveal the active use of a new technology that correctly renders the same thing. (Samsung often talks about the handset, not the device itself, but it will be a first step).
5. Memory port: It is the same as the chip port, but we add it independently because there is a great acceleration in increasing the storage capacity and the speeds reached 1500 MB, while the best cards in the market at a speed of 160 MB and if you want to buy the latest you will find it at a speed of 275 MB and its price is $ 100 for a capacity of 64 GB only, which you buy Larger phone capacity is more affordable and faster.
6. Volume up and down buttons: Do not forget these buttons and Apple is already working on them and there is news that it wants to cancel these buttons and add a virtual button that resembles a fingerprint on the iPhone 7/8 and depends on the vibratory reaction to guide you. This is very complicated, but the technology is developing rapidly, and we may see companies provide a side touch chip or another way to reduce and raise the volume.