Poll: Which abandoned Android phone features do you miss the most?
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I liked the notification LEDs that some of the nexus phones used to have, you could customize the color / flashing pattern per contact.
I had a phone with this and I loved the hell out of it. Could tell at a glace if a notification was for an email, text, or voice call without opening the phone. Could also set a custom color for, say, a text from my wife.
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Seems like an issue with buying cheap adapters rather than with the concept of adapters, cheap headphones will presumably break just as easily
I don't lean either way on the headphone jack debate. But a friend insisted that cheapness was one of the main reasons he preferred wired headphones. Bluetooth ones were too expensive and he kept losing or destroying them. Definitely a him problem but replacing cheap headphones was easier and the dongle was just another layer of expense to deal with if the phone didn't have a jack.
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I just want the LG G5 back. It had a(n):
- Removable battery
- SD card slot
- Infrared blaster
- FM Radio
- 3.5mm jack
- Compass
- Barometer
- Gyro
- NFC
- Fingerprint reader
And a ton of other stuff. Truly the best android phone ever made
Closest I can find now is the Ulefone line (no removable battery) but I have no idea if they're decent phones or not.
Had one of those, but it eventually died. Great phone.
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Replaceable battery. No contest.
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Probably because of edge-to-edge screens?
I had a Moto X Style and remember being quite fond of the speakers.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yeah - for years it was a primary deciding factor for me when it was time for a new phone - HTC One m7, HTC One m8, Moto X Pure Edition all had front facing speakers. I think by the end there were simply no longer any options though... And now 10 years later, they're still pointing the speakers at the damned ground.
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Native SIP phone capability
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I'm certain I had that same htc one. It was the best phone i ever had. I really wish someone would make something like that again.
I loved it too. The m7 was excellent, then the m8 managed to level up everything great about the m7. Amazing phone.
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You make some valid points, but that kind of engineering costs money. Like I said in my other comment, I would genuinely like to see more progress made in that area. The OP7P's pop-up camera was a neat bit of engineering.
Don't conflate that with the actual anti-consumer bullshit, though. A notch/holepunch camera is not the hill to die on when your argument relates to that, it's not even close to the same thing.
It's in a bundle with the other actually useful features like upgradeable storage or wired headphones, in my book.
I agree that I'd like more innovation and variety. Every single phone out there it's just some variation on the exact same thing these days. Ideally you'd have a choice of any combo of those features to fit your preference, but that's just not a thing now.
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thinner phone requires a smaller battery. Smaller battery is smaller capacity.
That's silly. They removed the ability, they didn't give people a choice. No one was asking, no one chose this.
Noone asked for phones to copy the iphone... yet here we are.
Did you know that in the U.S. Texas makes all of our school textbooks worse because it's easier just to print the stupid textbooks than print separate ones for just Texas because Texas is such a big market. This is not a conspiracy theory, you can look it up if you are interested.
So close to getting it... smh
You can buy small trucks in America. What are you talking about?
You can? Show one new model that is the same size of a 1990 ford ranger.
wrote last edited by [email protected]thinner phone requires a smaller battery. Smaller battery is smaller capacity.
Yes, smaller batteries of the same type generally have lower capacity. Very good. That's not what we were talking about though is it? YOU said that having a non-replaceable battery allowed them to make phones thinner. That is what they had the ability to do for the decade that they were still making phones with replaceable batteries.
Noone asked for phones to copy the iphone
Peter Noone, from Hermans Hermits? Fun trivia. You know who else asked for it, everyone else.
So close to getting it…
Oh, you think you are close to getting it? Well maybe I can help you the rest of the way. If School Text Book manufacturers who were forced to come up with a dumber version of their product to fit the requirements of one large market found it was cheaper just to sell everyone the dumb version instead of making two different versions, it follows that Phone Manufacturers would likewise find it cheaper to sell the dumber version of phones to everyone if one large market required them to make phones dumber. Do you get it now? I can try to dumb it down even more for you if you need me to.
Show one new model that is the same size of a 1990 ford ranger.
The still sell Ford Rangers I'm pretty sure. I'm going to let you do your own Truck shopping.
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Physical keyboard
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This is more or less how oled works iirc
It's how it can work, which doesn't necessarily mean the firmware is set up to use it that way.
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It's in a bundle with the other actually useful features like upgradeable storage or wired headphones, in my book.
I agree that I'd like more innovation and variety. Every single phone out there it's just some variation on the exact same thing these days. Ideally you'd have a choice of any combo of those features to fit your preference, but that's just not a thing now.
wrote last edited by [email protected]"Hey guys, check out my new
Black Slab! Its better than the otherBlack Slabbecause ofartificial software limitations!"For what it's worth - that principle is part of why I root my devices. But damn I do miss the neat various hardware features that each brand had.
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Open bootloaders, ir blaster, 3.5mm jack, sd card slot, replaceable batteries. The list goes on.
I was pleasantly surprised when my OnePlus 13 had an IR blaster.
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thinner phone requires a smaller battery. Smaller battery is smaller capacity.
Yes, smaller batteries of the same type generally have lower capacity. Very good. That's not what we were talking about though is it? YOU said that having a non-replaceable battery allowed them to make phones thinner. That is what they had the ability to do for the decade that they were still making phones with replaceable batteries.
Noone asked for phones to copy the iphone
Peter Noone, from Hermans Hermits? Fun trivia. You know who else asked for it, everyone else.
So close to getting it…
Oh, you think you are close to getting it? Well maybe I can help you the rest of the way. If School Text Book manufacturers who were forced to come up with a dumber version of their product to fit the requirements of one large market found it was cheaper just to sell everyone the dumb version instead of making two different versions, it follows that Phone Manufacturers would likewise find it cheaper to sell the dumber version of phones to everyone if one large market required them to make phones dumber. Do you get it now? I can try to dumb it down even more for you if you need me to.
Show one new model that is the same size of a 1990 ford ranger.
The still sell Ford Rangers I'm pretty sure. I'm going to let you do your own Truck shopping.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I said smaller battery and connecters allowed for thinner phones.
And mass production is cheaper than low production. So if all phones are designed the same, then the factories can be tooled all the same accross all models.
People actually did like the form factor and function of iPhones, false equivalency much?
So why are you confused manufacturers are copying Apple?
I'm not going to do your Truck shopping for you. If you can't figure that out on your own, ask your parents.
But you said they exist... it should be easy. Unless... you were talking out of your ass again.
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Blackberry Priv form factor:
The keypad doubled kinda like a touch pad as well. I could use keyboard shortcuts, typed way faster tha touch. All that without compramising screen space.
If that phone didn't have a first-gen 64-bit chipset that sucked power for lunch, I'd probably still be using it to this day. It was peak convergence, and even had a headphone jack, and an amazing camera. Only way it could've been perfect would be a user-serviceable battery.
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I said smaller battery and connecters allowed for thinner phones.
And mass production is cheaper than low production. So if all phones are designed the same, then the factories can be tooled all the same accross all models.
People actually did like the form factor and function of iPhones, false equivalency much?
So why are you confused manufacturers are copying Apple?
I'm not going to do your Truck shopping for you. If you can't figure that out on your own, ask your parents.
But you said they exist... it should be easy. Unless... you were talking out of your ass again.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I said smaller battery and connecters allowed for thinner phones.
Just making the batteries non replaceable makes them able to be thinner, and they always had that ability. They also had the ability to put in smaller batteries if everyone was clamoring for super thin phones. They just weren't.
And mass production is cheaper than low production.
True
So if all phones are designed the same, then the factories can be tooled all the same accross all models.
Uh, no. That would only be true if all models of phone from the same factory were made exactly the same way with the exact same machines. That's not the case. They make different models of phone. They could easily make one model with a user replaceable battery and a different model without one.
But you said they exist… it should be easy. Unless… you were talking out of your ass again.
They do exist, and it was super easy. They still make Ford Rangers. Try google, it's the first thing that pops up when you type in New Ford Ranger. I guess you were talking out your ass again.
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Definitely the jack. I have special headphones for listening to white noise while sleeping. The Bluetooth version have a chunky panel, and don't last long before they get that Bluetooth whine. That whine is a deal-breaker is a sleep aid.
So I use the 3.5mm version.... if I use the charge port converted to a Jack, I can't charge my phone while I listen to white noise and I'll wake up to 6%. Rhe loss or the jack is why I haven't upgraded my phone in years.
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I said smaller battery and connecters allowed for thinner phones.
Just making the batteries non replaceable makes them able to be thinner, and they always had that ability. They also had the ability to put in smaller batteries if everyone was clamoring for super thin phones. They just weren't.
And mass production is cheaper than low production.
True
So if all phones are designed the same, then the factories can be tooled all the same accross all models.
Uh, no. That would only be true if all models of phone from the same factory were made exactly the same way with the exact same machines. That's not the case. They make different models of phone. They could easily make one model with a user replaceable battery and a different model without one.
But you said they exist… it should be easy. Unless… you were talking out of your ass again.
They do exist, and it was super easy. They still make Ford Rangers. Try google, it's the first thing that pops up when you type in New Ford Ranger. I guess you were talking out your ass again.
wrote last edited by [email protected]The new ranger is just a tiny bit smaller than the f150 It absolutely is not the same or even close to the size of ranger 20 years ago.
The closest in size "truck" to the old ranger is the maverick... but thats a unibody UTE, hardly comparable.
Uh, no. That would only be true if all models of phone from the same factory were made exactly the same way with the exact same machines. That's not the case. They make different models of phone. They could easily make one model with a user replaceable battery and a different model without one.
Sure... if there was enough demand for replaceable batteries... but there is not. Basically the vast market is content with the cheaper option.
That's a BINGO! So if that's true, then they absolutely had the ability to do that for the first decade of smart phones.
Again... smaller battery smaller capacity... a battery of the same physical size 15 years ago was much less enegry dense.
Its ok. You can be wrong. Just learn from the experience.
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Doesn't it activate when it's in your pants and you are moving about in a rough manner?
Holding the power button when the screen is off works pretty great and won't ever activate on accident. It is also a default Android feature I believe.
No, it has never happened to me. I think the software somehow detected when the phone was in a hand. But when I ran while holding the phone, it sometimes turned on.
Holding the power button when the screen is off works pretty great and won’t ever activate on accident. It is also a default Android feature I believe.
It seems okay.
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The new ranger is just a tiny bit smaller than the f150 It absolutely is not the same or even close to the size of ranger 20 years ago.
The closest in size "truck" to the old ranger is the maverick... but thats a unibody UTE, hardly comparable.
Uh, no. That would only be true if all models of phone from the same factory were made exactly the same way with the exact same machines. That's not the case. They make different models of phone. They could easily make one model with a user replaceable battery and a different model without one.
Sure... if there was enough demand for replaceable batteries... but there is not. Basically the vast market is content with the cheaper option.
That's a BINGO! So if that's true, then they absolutely had the ability to do that for the first decade of smart phones.
Again... smaller battery smaller capacity... a battery of the same physical size 15 years ago was much less enegry dense.
Its ok. You can be wrong. Just learn from the experience.
The new ranger is just a tiny bit smaller than the f150 It absolutely is not the same or even close to the size of ranger 20 years ago.
You said you couldn't buy a small truck, not that you couldn't buy a truck the same size as 20 years ago.
Sure… if there was enough demand for replaceable batteries… but there is not. Basically the vast market is content with the cheaper option.
There was a demand, we weren't given a choice. I'm not sure how this so hard for you to grasp.
Again… smaller battery smaller capacity…
Again...Just making the batteries non replaceable makes them able to be thinner, and they always had that ability. They also had the ability to put in smaller batteries if everyone was clamoring for super thin phones. They just weren’t.
