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submitted 1 year ago by d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Alternatively, if your current phone doesn't have a headphone jack, do you wish it did?

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[-] BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The big issue for me is that there is any disadvantage between generations. My current 5 year old flagship has a headphone jack, expandable storage, and support for Bluetooth 5.0 which is all that most devices need. The only new phones that still have all 3 are cheap budget phones that lack in other areas compared to the one I already have.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

I felt the same way. I recently broke my LG V20 and had to "upgrade" to a newer phone, and nothing felt like it was actually better in terms of features than my phone from 7 years ago

[-] June@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Yea, that’s been the case for phone development for a while now. Advancements aren’t coming in tactile feature sets anymore. I remember when every new generation of phone had a cool new price of technology that changed how you interacted with the phone, it gave me a reason to upgrade every year, sometimes more.

Now I’m on an iPhone 12 Pro and I see zero functional difference between my near 3 year old phone and my partner’s 14. The only reason I’ll be upgrading to the 15 will be for USBC.

[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Damn, wasnt that one of the last phones to have an IR Blaster?

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

IR blaster, FM tuner, removable/replaceable battery (with lots of expanded 3rd party batteries available), secondary screen for checking notifications, hi-fi DAC, headphone jack, fingerprint reader in my preferred position (on the back), one of the first phones to use multiple camera lenses for different zoom levels. It was an incredibly feature-rich phone, which isn't a thing anymore sadly.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

I'm still using mine because of that.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I miss it so much. I'm on a Fairphone 4 now, and while the newer version of Android is nice, there are so many things I wish I had back. The secondary screen on the top and the fingerprint reader on the back chief among them.

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Society unironically peaked in 2016

[-] Arcturus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Nice pick. I went from my dying LG V60 to the S23 Plus. It was inevitable...

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