Yes, let’s waste space that could be used by battery and compromise water/dust proofing by install another port.

If you can have one water/dust proof port you can have two.

How about making phones thicker again? More place for a battery, less risk of the next bend gate.

That's a bogus debate because there are more than enough possibilities.

> If you can have one water/dust proof port you can have two.

I don't think any port is 100% water/dust proof. The more "openings" you add, the worse the water/dust proofing of the device.

If you have one weak spot, its fine to add more?

After all these problems with tinted screens, bendable frames, failing camera focus etc. I think the ports aren't the weak spots in modern smartphone.

Adding more and more cameras doesn't seem to be a problem and camera parts are more sensitive than ports.

If you look at ebay for phones with a defect, how often is it one of the ports?