[someperson]

With easier to replace batteries and 3.5mm headphone jacks, I'd wager the secondary market service life would be 2-3 times longer.

Not to mention the e-waste from non-repairable battery-based devices like air-pods.

Corporation make planned obsolescence decisions that happen to benefit themselves, then can dress it up as "water resistance".

Wouldn't be so bad but Apple's anti-consumer decisions are unfortunately imitated.

[pbh101]

What you describe as pro-consumer is only pro to some consumers, because they come with extra weight, size, and case compromises that every consumer would non-optionally be stuck with. I’d agree with you if we were in some no-compromise world or if there there was significant evidence that Apple wasn’t designing these phones within an inch of their pan-dimensional budget (size, weight, durability, hardware, battery life, etc) and leaving a bunch of room on the table, but that’s an unfounded and easily disproven theory.

[spaqin]

I would be okay with being "stuck" with a replacement battery and a 3.5mm jack. That's a compromise I'd be wiling to take; but at the end of the day it's all about profit.

[crazygringo]

It's easy to replace the battery once every three years at a repair shop.

And the 3.5mm<->USB-C dongle works perfectly and is tiny.