Thread: Buy a Voyage or wait for Voyage 2?
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Old 03-22-2016, 10:37 AM   #24
Rizla
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The main uses for the USB socket are:

1) charging
2) side-loading.

Amazon patented wireless charging some time ago, so they won't need the USB socket for charging in the future.

http://www.geekwire.com/2013/future-...vice-displays/

And removing the USB socket would makes sense. It would make the Kindle simpler and more self-contained, it would reinforce Amazon's walled-garden (no more hardware side-loading), and as sweetpea said, it would make the device easier to water-proof.
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