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What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by fastandcurious@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up

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[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 56 points 10 months ago

Most features that smart phones had. Most prodomimantly the micro SD card slot, headphone jack and IR blaster.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

But by removing all the ports and turning them into screen monoliths, we can now safely pee on them.

[-] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

And yet, we still don't have a phone that can pee on us. Engineers are so culture-deaf.

[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I miss IR blaster on my phones, so handy.

There are lots of phones with micro SD and headphone jacks.

My Motorola G60s has either dual sim or sim with SD and a headohone jack. Also has a 120hz screen. Just missing the ol IR blaster

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah but they're all the lower end phones, all the major flagships removed the features three or four versions ago, I don't want to have to sacrifice camera or screen quality in order to have features that should be built into phones by default

[-] VOwOxel@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago

I'm going to say that today, even on lower-end phones, the screen, processor and camera are all pretty decent.

I have a Motorola G31, which cost about 200€ one year ago, when I got it. It has a Micro SD Card Slot and a headphone jack. The screen is plenty good (1440p,60hz) (why would you need 120hz or 4k on a phone) And the camera is also quite nice. It has no fancy features, but it takes pictures and that's all I need.

From my perspective, flagship phones are impractical and overpriced to say the least.

[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Ive been using 144/165hz monitors for years now and it's jarring going back to 60 hz

I only spent $290 Cdn after shipping and taxes for my moto g60s. I 100% agree, flagship phones are unnessesary.

[-] giotheflow@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

120hz is amazing for scrolling through feeds, it is absolutely night and day. It is like turning off the annoying motion blur in a video game.

[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Then dont go for the flagship phones?

What does a $1000 phone do that my $250 phone cant?

Shit this POS im using can even record at 240 fps

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

That's really that is why I went with the phone I have, out of the phones that I looked at all of them were a downgrade for the screen, and generally camera. Or lacked the tower support in my area since we barely have LTE

[-] anothermember@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

How about, I don't want to sacrifice features that should be built into phones by default for camera or screen quality!

[-] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

i wish my pixel 7a had those

[-] flubba86@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Lots of phones still have those. Notably all Redmi phones have a SD card slot, and Redmi still sells new phones with IR blaster, and most have a headphone jack too.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I've looked into those phones, the specs look nice but they don't work in my region, unfortunately rural areas of the US don't have Tower support for those style models(yay refusal to upgrade any sort of infrastructure). many of my friends that are overseas have stated that they love the phones though.

[-] Benaaasaaas@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Sony xperia should work. Though it doesn't have IR blaster :/

[-] dukatos@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

AFAIK, Xiaomi doesn't sell anything in USA, by purpose.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Is it intentional? I figured it was because the US still predominantly uses the CDMA standard where none of their phones support the CDMA standard as a whole in favor of GSM and LTE the rest of the world uses

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