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		philihp on Oct 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro > Why not flush surface contacts? Cases then need to have an exposed area for charging, and the surface contacts lower the weather resistance.

alistairSH on Oct 13, 2020 [–]

and the surface contacts lower the weather resistance

Relative to USB-C or Lightning? I think the question was "why do a Lightning port AND fake-wireless instead of just flush surface contact?"

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