They will try to discourage use of on-screen keyboards (making them dumber and less reliable) to force you to use AI dictation and sell you more headphones.
Damn, that’s so viable. don’t give em ideas
I recently upgraded my phone, and the lack of a 3.5mm jack really hurts. But at least I have an excuse not to listen to my sister’s 20 min Whatsapp voice messages…
One other thing I really miss is the LED indicator that you have new notifications when the screen is off.
Cheap solution, whatever your charger port is, they make that to 3.5mm
I used to love my multicoloured LED on my Nexus 4. I could configure it to flash in a different colour depending upon which app the notification was coming from.
My treo650 and novviremote (= those were the fucking days. I could speed type like no tomorrow on that keyboard, my homies at Treonauts… GetJar for the weird games…
Man, I miss those days. I still have a microsd slot, I have two Sim slots, I use my infrared night camera to take pictures of my dark brown(what everyone calls a black) void kitty, I use my wide angle lens to take pictures in the city, I love the switch off for what they can do but the orientation/layout is shit.
Headphones that use the 3.5mm standard can be adapted to the phone charger and type c to 3.5mm is fuckin cheap as fuck. You can also get type c to SD card slot you can quite literally use a hard drive on a phone, I’ve used my computer mouse on my phone using type c to usb a. Again, fucking cheap as fuck for those things on Amazon. Look around.
Removable battery isn’t as big of a flex as you think when power banks are a thing.
Removable battery isn’t as big of a flex as you think when you have another battery"
The only thing I like are multiple cameras. They can be useful. Fuck the rest though.
Don’t need a phone if you never leave your house.
Galaxy brain
But how are you going to rot in bed then?
The old fashioned way, I’ll cry and wank
Take lessons from Grandpa Joe.
They are working hard on taking away SIM cards so that you can’t move to another phone without your provider charging you and giving you an okay.
Yes in theory eSIM cards are better, but the way many providers handle issuing you an eSIM card is a nightmare. Whereas with a physical SIM I can just pull it out and put it in any phone that supports that provider without a problem.
I went as far as buying one of those physical SIM cards that holds e-sims on it so that I can swap that into a new phone. But newer phones are more frequently not coming with SIM slots at all.
what the fuck? I stopped on “no jack for you sir” phase, no doubt I am not going for another smartpone when the current one dies out
I like eSIMs now because I can get a different account every month, data only and then I use jmp.net to have SMS and voice call services with a permanent number for when I need that. Its cheaper then anything else and more private too.
I don’t know who you’ve been getting your esims from but it I’ve used simjuno and nadanada both are pretty easy to setup.
As soon as the ability to just physically remove the SIM is gone, the big providers will add locks in software to enshittify the experience.
That’s a given. I can see Apple becoming a mobile service provider and locking all iPhones users to them, for example.
eSIM experience will only stay smooth as the alternative physical SIM option exists.
I’m resisting esims for as long as possible.
Nanosims provide this key feature where I can put my sim in a cheap 20$ flip phone when I go snowboarding or kayaking and don’t want to risk breaking my smart phone.
This also is a convenient way to get Google, and tech, and social media noise away from me for a short time.
I also noticed there is a complete lack of esim capable dumb phones. This has me starting to question the motivation behind esim.
Certain wireless providers ban phones they don’t like anyway, even if it’s unlocked. It’s depressing.
Unihertz titan 2 elite has plenty of buttons
Next they will add more AI and more tracking and more ads.
The charging port will be subscription-based.
I miss the slide out qwerty keyboard my old HTC Inspire had.
I want a sidekick lx with a touch screen, a modern processor, and an unlocked bootloader
Aye you still got volume buttons they can take one of them.
Crossposting something from almost 3 years ago. Bold, OP.
4th top all-time in that comm too
If you choose between iPhone and Samsung, then yeah. There are decent smartphone manufacturers out there that have all these things and more. But if you’re going to choose the duopoly then don’t complain when they do whatever they want. You chose them.
My phone has an IR blaster, headphones jack, toolless dual Sim slot, 4 hardware buttons, one of which is programmable to three different functions (single press, double press, and longpress), waterproof, 10,000mAh battery, reverse charging (I can charge other people’s phones with mine) and a thermal camera. And it cost less than one of the flagship Samsung phones.
If you want a phone with removable battery and a hardware numeric keypad, you can get one of those too. You’ve just got to look further than like, best buy or whatever.
writes 3 paragraphs about how rad their phone is
never shares what it is
You know, you can sit outside in nature, enjoying the lovely world around us while fishing, you dont even have to beg the question “ooooo aaaa what phone do u have” for bait
I’m not trying to sell anyone my phone, or be a shill for the company that made it. I’m just saying, if you want a particular feature, or set of features, just search for “smartphone headphones jack programmable key feature feature feature” whatever your needs are, and you’ll find a range of options. Then it’s up to you to vet your results, check reviews, watch some videos, and decide if it’s right for you.
Ok buddy, it’s still super weird and comes off as begging for interaction to smugly state how nice your phone is while refusing to mention what it is.
Like if we were talking breakfast, and I chimed in with
It wasn’t as if I choose between McDonalds and IHOP. There are decent breakfast places out there that have all these things and more. But if you’re going to choose the duopoly, then don’t complain when they do whatever they want. My breakfast had an egg, hand cooked bacon, fried potatoes, and flavoring, which is available in THREE different varieties…
I’d rightfully be called a jagoff for describing a food truck’s breakfast burrito in such wanker terms.
Actually they put the IR blaster in the OnePlus 13r. But yeah, they took the rest. Fuckheads
