Originally posted by zapp Pentax need to save in some areas to keep aggressive pricing, USB2 may be one of the more obvious simplifications. For me no USB, USB2 or USB3 does not matter.
For most people on this site tethering doesn't really matter because Pentax has not made this feature a priority. Same can be said about full frame incidentally. It's the "i don't use it so it must not be that important" argument.
However, for many working photographers, tethering is utilized daily, and anything that makes is faster is welcome.