Almost all of the people I know who bitch about these features being gone never really utilized them in the first place. Quite frankly I think it’s more about being contrarian than anything.
Virtually no one I know carried around multiple batteries or needed more storage. The only people I knew who carried around multiple batteries were people who worked in carriers where easy access to charging wasn’t available. Phone storage is so large now it’s not really believable really anyone needs expandable storage. Hell, I have a 128gb iPhone with literally thousands of pictures and videos going all the way back to 2012, audio books, and digital books on it and still have room to spare. Sure there’s going to be the rare exception, but those people are the outliers not everyone else.
Wired headphones, I literally can’t tell the difference in sound quality between my AirPods and wired earbuds, and again, neither can most people. Bluetooth earbuds are SO convenient. They literally make some things so much easier and in some scenarios safer.
Battery: I don’t want to carry around a spare bit I want to be able to easily replace one at the and off is life. I bought an ifixit replacement kit for my S10+ and still didn’t find the courage to try it.
Storage: I don’t want to use cloud storage for my pictures so I have a large SD card just for images and videos. If I switch phones I just switch the card.
Headphone jack: I lose bt earpieces. Had three pairs up to now and all I have left is one piece of each. I lose wired headphones sometimes to but not as frequent and they are way cheaper. Also ease of use I think bt never really matured, yes it got way better but still had it’s quirks. Wired headphones, just plug then in.
“Virtually no one I know carried around multiple batteries or needed more storage”
Removable batteries are less about being able to Cary multiple and more about being able to swap them out with ease when they go bad. People that keep their phones for longer then a year or two will notice the decrease in battery life that can only be fixed with a new battery.
Phone storage has improved a lot and I kindof agree with you on this one, though having the option would still be nice. I also often used them for rooting phones and flashing an OS. That’s edge case though.
Bluetooth costs more and is another thing that you need to charge. I’m so tired of needing to charge everything.
There is absolutely no sense here. We should remove options for all people based on what your experience is? It’s almost like giving options is painful? And I’d carry batteries if it was an option, and I did when it was an option a looooooong time ago. I have a bunch of storage on my phone and and sd card and google drive and my own nas. I’d use a headphone jack every single day if I had one, but I don’t have one.
You speak as if giving people options would take something away from you. Wouldn’t it be best if we could all get what we want? Anyway, this is all done so apple and android manufacturers can make more money. Literally none of these changes were done so you could live a better life
Does apple phone not have a notification LED? I like it. I can tell whos messaging me from it. Blue is txt message (probably mum) purple is whatsapp, probably dank memes in the group chat, green is probaly my autistic cousin on instagram sending me cat pictures, white is signal, probably my dealer.
That was the note 3 for me except for the compact size. I had a 10,000 mah upgraded battery in it. Thing was a brick but could last a 2-3 days on a full charge, cant get even one fully day on my oneplus 8t :/
5AH Battery + 25W QC (100% in 2hrs) + WC, battery isn’t removable but phone is easy to repair
Expandable Storage
Headphone Jack with a HiRes 32Bit DAC
Loud stereo speakers that don’t suck
1080P/60Hz/HDR10+ P-OLED
Wacom Stylus compatible
Desktop Mode
Dual Screen Case - LG mirrored the display into a case that the phone can easily drop in.
USB C 3.1 OTG
Still receiving quarterly security updates 3.5 years after launch to include A13 even after LG shutdown their mobile division in 2021
5G, Wifi 6, BT 5.1
FM Radio
Rootable with community tool on XDA
The only things I wish I could change are:
Cameras for better resolution for macro/landscape shots. Anything further than 10 feet from the camera loses detail extremely quickly. Camera can record 4k60FPS but the second you crop or zoom in on anything, all the details are blury. It’s baffling to me.
Higher refresh rate display even if it was only 90hz.
The only phone that can beat this in features is the Sony Xperia line at ~ 5x the price. Broke my first one and immediately grabbed a second one off swappa.
I wish that LG could have gotten their shit together. The V series was fantastic. Even with my shitty car speakers, you could hear the difference between the V20 DAC and that of a regular phone.
Plus the secondary screen was fantastic and stupid useful.
Do you mean 5 Ah or 5000 mAh? A 5kAh 3.7V battery would get you across most of the US on an ebike or run an electric car for 80 km. Or a phone for much of its lifetime.
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