Phil Schiller on Why Apple Dropped the SD Card Slot but Kept the Headphone Jack on the New MacBook Pro

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Posted November 2, 2016 at 2:16pm by iClarified

Apple SVP Phil Schiller revealed why the company dropped the SD card slot but kept the headphone jack on the new MacBook Pro in an interview with The Independent.

Schiller admits that the company's new notebook has sparked passionate dialogue and debate. "Many things have impressed people about it, and some have caused some controversy," says Schiller.

Addressing the lack of an SD card slot, Schiller calls it a 'bit of a cumbersome slot'.

You've got this thing sticking halfway out. Then there are very fine and fast USB card readers, and then you can use CompactFlash as well as SD. So we could never really resolve this – we picked SD because more consumer cameras have SD but you can only pick one. So, that was a bit of a trade-off. And then more and more cameras are starting to build wireless transfer into the camera. That’s proving very useful. So we think there’s a path forward where you can use a physical adaptor if you want, or do wireless transfer.

Many customers were confused as to why Apple dropped the headphone jack on its iPhones but not on the MacBook Pro. Schiller says that's because they are 'pro machines'.

If it was just about headphones then it doesn’t need to be there, we believe that wireless is a great solution for headphones. But many users have setups with studio monitors, amps, and other pro audio gear that do not have wireless solutions and need the 3.5mm jack.

Schiller continues to say that the company's online store has had more orders for the new MacBook Pro than any other pro notebook before.

Hit the link below for the entire interview...

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SpeakLogic - November 3, 2016 at 5:35am

Their computers cost more now, have less in hardware ports and essentially make you buy their overpriced adapters and apple care to boosted profits in a very crappy economy!! No wonder there are sitting on $230 BILLION CASH #boycottapple #draintheswap #makeapplegreatagain

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gamerscul9870 - November 3, 2016 at 5:56am

#boycottyou #dumptheswitchonyou #makeyougreatlikeyouoncewerebecauseitsfortheverybestandyouknowitprettymucheveryoneknowsitimeancomeonappleisalreadygreatgetittogetherfortheloveofgodomg

justabrake - November 6, 2016 at 9:19am

Not to mention everything is solded together in these books

PHUKAII - November 3, 2016 at 12:40am

It is Courage to carry adapters and dongles these day now, so we can tell they are part of apple fans or not

gamerscul9870 - November 3, 2016 at 12:52am

Owners of the iPhone 7 with innovative touch bar may not need to carry dongles after all if something is wireless to begin with. Apple made it like this because people aren't ready to switch to USB-C which is eventually going to be the one port for any machine in which eventually gone will the days be of tangles cords and hunting down the right one to use. Put another word by skinny man Phil that it's his COURAGE. It's the courage to go wireless and not have any dongles at all and eventually to move on to USB-C that eventually one cord is what anyone needs.

Jiiiiii - November 3, 2016 at 12:33am

They just want to squeeze every $$$ out of your saving, apple is a very greedy company

gamerscul9870 - November 3, 2016 at 12:35am

Or the fact that the computers cost like this for how much went into it making the overall cost like this. Looking back on keynotes especially with jobs, this has always been the case greedy or not.

justabrake - November 6, 2016 at 9:28am

The board of directors figures how they can sell more cables by making them cheap and break easy it's a well thought out plan to make these executives all richer Just eliminate an internal part here solder everything together tested it so they see it breaking down earlier etc.

joooooooooo - November 2, 2016 at 11:52pm

they removed the SD slot because people were using it to expand storage without Apple being paid

gamerscul9870 - November 3, 2016 at 12:34am

Or that sd cards were replaced by cloud based systems. I don't even use the micro sd card that came in with my 3ds especially when I once I bought and relied on for Wii.

Me - November 2, 2016 at 10:24pm

I'm not buying a bunch of dongle's for my next laptop... Bad traits by Apple just wanting to make money off of these dongle's. I love my MacBook Pro but I'm already looking at an MSI replacement in the future.

Van G - November 2, 2016 at 7:57pm

What a bunch of crap. They could have included the adapter, just like they did on the good old i7. Laptops being less portable than smartphones, it would make more sense for an adapter there than the phone. SD card sticks out, but bunch of dongles don't? :)) He is the *marketing* VP after all.... Sorry to see Apple go. Getting a new non-Apple laptop won't be easy.

gamerscul9870 - November 2, 2016 at 7:59pm

Go where? Just buy the adapters or keep the old laptops. So,e of the competition released USB-C laptops to. What are you complaining for?

Vanja - November 2, 2016 at 9:57pm

Go to the dongle land and down the path, where do you think? This is not a Pro machine. My mid-2012 classic MBP is better than this new crap.

gamerscul9870 - November 3, 2016 at 12:32am

Yes, this is pro aka so-called crap. We now have iOS functions at our fingertips and possibly new ways to interact with old apps with it. I'm in the dongle world right now and I only use on cord with it. The rest is wireless. My Magic Mouse, my wireless router, my mirrored image to the tv, etc.!

Vanja - November 3, 2016 at 6:23am

How do you charge this "wireless" tech? Could it with... a WIRE? :) Especially that Magic Mouse - do you have a separate mouse when the battery is out and you need to charge it? Hilarious. That's not being innovative. That's inconveniencing users on purpose.

gamerscul9870 - November 4, 2016 at 9:11pm

Who said anything about it being innovative? It's meant to be just wireless. Keep in mind, I never said a thing about wireless charging, but I do use USB-C and I never had any cord tripping problems.

Paul Avery - November 2, 2016 at 6:46pm

He reasoning for why the headphone jack is on MacBook Pro is bullshit. They could've done what they did with the iPhone7 and include the adapter.

gamerscul9870 - November 2, 2016 at 7:34pm

At least there's a reason. The airpods can automatically connect like it's the EarPods, but without the wire, but on the MacBook, it's based on connection between other devices with a headphone jack that many would prefer to connect stuff like that. I won't fault them too bad for this, but I understand.

Van G - November 2, 2016 at 7:58pm

Do AirPods charge themselves automatically too? What a way to create a problem, then solve it and leave users with more issues than before the problem was created.

gamerscul9870 - November 2, 2016 at 8:01pm

When you put it in the case, yes. This problem can be solved by finding an adapter that includes both a lightning port and a jack (yes it exists).

gamerscul9870 - November 4, 2016 at 9:16pm

Not as much as you! Whether I get it or not, I pay only for Apple headphones that have wires, but my point being I never said about buying the airpods to begin with, but that's why we have lightning headphones so those can pick the right one. More choices like menu items to choose from.

Mattymatt - November 2, 2016 at 6:45pm

They just didn't have enough 'courage' this time.

Ke.x - November 2, 2016 at 2:56pm

Awesome machines ~ I just love them. But probably will wait till next release. Never thought it was a good idea to buy something radically new introduced by apple at its first release.

David12 - November 2, 2016 at 2:49pm

Apple are not Idiots, the Customers who buy those Machines are Super Idiots ! That type of Doing ( from Apple) can not last forever, one day, when the MacUsers will wakeup, it will be to later for Apple....who gona lost them forever....just time and patient.... Apple forget when they were on the ground....if it wasen't S.Jobs, this company do not exist today.....

Ke.x - November 2, 2016 at 2:58pm

You are the best, man. Simply the best!

gamerscul9870 - November 2, 2016 at 3:24pm

If Apple can't last, how can others originate without them then? Imagine if there wasn't a company like Apple way before Jobs was even involved. Imagine the world like that where no other company would have the competition like this to move forward. It would suck. Besides I buy their machines and it made an impact on my life since and makes my previous computers feel like they were always outdated because they didn't do as much for me, but I buy them because I don't feel like I use some old stuff anymore. I like the idea of everything as one port instead of having hundreds of different cords and struggling to find the right one to connect to something else.

hamood_d10 - November 2, 2016 at 2:33pm

F U I hope apple lose a lot of moneyand listen to what people want, Im huge fan of apple since iPhone 4 but this is so dissapointing, all they care is money and more money f the people we dont care

gamerscul9870 - November 2, 2016 at 2:37pm

F U 2. Good luck with what you wish to happen and they have been listening to what people want When they gave them bigger screen iPhones! If they cared about only money, they wouldn't be putting this much effort into the MacBook Pro or the iPhone 7. F those who just assume what they think!

gamerscul9870 - November 2, 2016 at 3:17pm

The effort that went into this so-called dongle: speakers, acoustic cooling system, higher constraint brighter Retina display, butterfly keyboard, and the new ways to use touch bar especially with the trackpad. I plan to upgrade.

A non e moose - November 2, 2016 at 2:30pm

"There's an app for that." - Apple 2010. Now it's "There's an adapter for that." - Apple 2016

Stealther - November 2, 2016 at 2:28pm

Talking nonsense again. Since most cameras has sdcard that's why it's convenient to transfer files over. Do you know we have like gigabytes of photos and videos to transfer and you want us to use wireless? Or carry more adapters? Imagine you travel and you need to transfer the content from the sdcard and you lost your adapter? Or have to wirelessly transfer (if you have camera that supports wireless transfer that is). About headphones. Great! Now I have a iphone 7 headphone that can't be use on the new MacBook Pro. So you need to buy another headphone for the macbook. Great compatibility!

odedoo1 - November 2, 2016 at 3:02pm

Like I said it's a Dongle Pro, keep your older one it's much better as sad as it is!

Ribes03 - November 2, 2016 at 2:27pm

And what about your poor 16GB Ram configuration? We are almost in 2017!!!

gamerscul9870 - November 2, 2016 at 2:34pm

It's because of how much room the rest takes up, but poor? This is optimized!