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Poll: Which abandoned Android phone features do you miss the most?

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    Replaceable battery

    AUX plug

    Expandable storage by SD card

    Did I say replaceable battery already?

    Edit: oh and non-edged screens (the roundings on the side, don't know the official name... But it sucks and almost all flagship phones have them, or at least when I bought mine 3 years ago, don't know about now tbh)

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      About a month ago I lost outlined text. Currently I can only do highlighted text, which looks awful everywhere. I can't believe I need to post this in 2025:

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        is there at least a 3rd party accessory?

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          3.5mm jack,
          Compass,
          Barometer,
          Gyro

          These things are still in most modern phones.--

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          You'd be surprised at how many phones don't have enough accelerometers to know their full orientation in space. Compass, NFC, and barometer are also not givens.

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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.

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            Nothing has these 'glyph' lights, but software support for them seems to be pretty limited (not that I've looked too deep, all these modern phones are just boring). I hope they can come up with more controls for them, hardware seems to support quite complex patterns.

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              #256

              Samsung had a little pressure sensitive area at the bottom of phone screens in the S9 era. It was handy and I had it set up like a hidden home button.

              The S9 also had a variable aperture camera, which I feel like could have been developed a lot more.

              I also miss notification LEDs. Sure, AOD mostly replaces it, but it was fun setting different colors for people, situations, etc

              The Essential phone had a ceramic back that was very comfortable and cool in the hand. Though it was slippery. Another idea that could have been developed further.

              The different back materials on the Moto X were very satisfying. The customization of that phone was unmatched!

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                #257

                finger print scanner being on the back of the phone not under the screen. and headphone jack

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                  USB mass storage mode. Some Android phones can’t do it anymore. I always thought the ability to select a disk image your phone would offer up to a of to boot off of was the coolest feature one of the things that made this iPhone user envious but it’s becoming less common for such a feature to still work in Android.

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                  • lordwiggle@lemmy.worldL [email protected]

                    Replaceable battery

                    AUX plug

                    Expandable storage by SD card

                    Did I say replaceable battery already?

                    Edit: oh and non-edged screens (the roundings on the side, don't know the official name... But it sucks and almost all flagship phones have them, or at least when I bought mine 3 years ago, don't know about now tbh)

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                    Rounded screens have mostly fallen out of style. I kinda like them tbh

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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

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                      What adapter do you use? Seriously, I am open to paying more for an adapter once instead of buying cheap adapters over and over.

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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 thought I'd be okay without a headphone jack but I'm now learning that USB-C to headphone adapters will enter a power save mode after a few seconds of silence, and quiet moments in shows or music can cause that, then it takes a split second to power back up, so the end result is choppy sound if it isn't constant. Maybe it's better with a better adapter, but also how the heck do you search for such things on Amazon and the like? It's not exactly a specification they list...

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                          It always surprises me that so many people still want this. I know it's representative of the anti-choice homogenisation of phones in general, but something like removable batteries or expandable storage seems so much more important than a dedicated old headphone connector.

                          I personally hate how annoying headphone wires are, but even if you like them then is it so inconvenient to leave an adapter connected to your headphones? And a splitter as well if you're desperate to charge simultaneously?

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                          It is inconvenient to leave an adapter connected to my headphones, because I want to use the same pair of headphones for my tablet, computer, and Switch, all of which have a real headphone jack. I also need to buy an extra adapter for the aux cable in the car and constantly have to debug if it is the audio cable or adapter that is going bad.

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                            Native (via adb) Immersive Mode. Still use it, but afaik support was dropped after Android 10.

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                              Yes, that one right there in the picture.

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                                F(x)Tec Pro^1^ X

                                Super-weird formatting aside, that looks pretty interesting. Out of stock though.

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                                I agree the name super sucks. Still really cool there was enough interest in this form factor to get a project like this going.

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                                  Yeah, I just noticed that it was released in 2023. Not necessarily a bad thing, really, but damn I'd like one of these devices if not for that form factor on its own. Still has official LOS support, too.

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                                  It originally was released in 2019 as the Pro^1 with the then 2yo Snapdragon 835.

                                  The Pro^1 X was supposed to be released in 2019 too, and it would mainly differ in software, but it was delayed and delayed again until 2021. By then Qualcomm stopped manufacturing the now 4yo Snapdragon 835 and so they downgraded to the inferior Snapdragon 662. According to tests at that time, this was a major performance downgrade.

                                  Actually getting them into the hands of buyers then still took ~1.5 years after that, so it really was released in 2023.

                                  All in all, pretty much all reviewers agreed that it was a terrible phone with an ok-but-not-great keyboard bolted on for a very steep price. Can't find a price right now, but IIRC they sold for ~€800.

                                  Current prices on ebay are totally crazy. North of €1600.

                                  It's a bit of a dry spell for us keyboard fans.

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                                  • lordwiggle@lemmy.worldL [email protected]

                                    Replaceable battery

                                    AUX plug

                                    Expandable storage by SD card

                                    Did I say replaceable battery already?

                                    Edit: oh and non-edged screens (the roundings on the side, don't know the official name... But it sucks and almost all flagship phones have them, or at least when I bought mine 3 years ago, don't know about now tbh)

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                                    Don't forget about the IR blaster.

                                    Most useful gimmick on a phone ever. I never had to deal with an annoying TV in public throughout most of the 2010s. It was nice; it was one of my most-used features and I miss it dearly.

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                                      SHIFT

                                      I just looked at the site and it looks great, but parts of it didn't look available in English. Do you have any idea if it's fully compatible with US networks?

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                                      Hmm, I found this German forum thread from 2019, which says it doesn't support all frequencies used by US carriers.

                                      Of course, this may very well be different with more modern models. You can try also asking on their forums, or maybe you're able to contact support directly. So far, I've always gotten a response fairly quickly.

                                      Also just to note, I'm on the SHIFT6mq, which isn't being produced anymore.
                                      I believe, they're currently in a bit of an awkward in-between phase, where you can only really get the SHIFT5me, which is an even older model, while they're planning out the SHIFTphone 8. That might still take some months, and quite possibly more than a year.
                                      I don't think they have the capacity for two flagship models at the same time, so you just get these fairly long pauses in availability, which I just can't sugarcoat...

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                                        What adapter do you use? Seriously, I am open to paying more for an adapter once instead of buying cheap adapters over and over.

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                                        Amusingly the only adapter I had is one that came free with an old phone which has just broken! I use wireless headphones mainly, not a fan of all the noise that comes from a cable banging against me as I walk.

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                                          Isn't having an OLED display and using it as an "always on display" the replacement for this?

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