@GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
2026-10-16 01:16 UTC
Replies (23)
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@eightys3v3n@lemmy.ca 2026-10-16 02:20
They are working hard on taking away SIM cards so that you can’t move to another phone without your provider charging you and giving you an okay. Yes in theory eSIM cards are better, but the way many providers handle issuing you an eSIM card is a nightmare. Whereas with a physical SIM I can just pull it out and put it in any phone that supports that provider without a problem. I went as far as buying one of those physical SIM cards that holds e-sims on it so that I can swap that into a new phone. But newer phones are more frequently not coming with SIM slots at all.
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@baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-16 02:32
Crossposting something from almost 3 years ago. Bold, OP.
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@mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 04:29
Don’t need a phone if you never leave your house. Galaxy brain
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@moonburster@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 05:47
Unihertz titan 2 elite has plenty of buttons
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@Agent641@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 06:00
If you choose between iPhone and Samsung, then yeah. There are decent smartphone manufacturers out there that have all these things and more. But if you’re going to choose the duopoly then don’t complain when they do whatever they want. You chose them. My phone has an IR blaster, headphones jack, toolless dual Sim slot, 4 hardware buttons, one of which is programmable to three different functions (single press, double press, and longpress), waterproof, 10,000mAh battery, reverse charging (I can charge other people’s phones with mine) and a thermal camera. And it cost less than one of the flagship Samsung phones.
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@paraproto@szmer.info 2026-10-16 06:14
They will try to discourage use of on-screen keyboards (making them dumber and less reliable) to force you to use AI dictation and sell you more headphones.
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@ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 06:26
The only thing I like are multiple cameras. They can be useful. Fuck the rest though.
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@Bruncvik@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 07:11
I recently upgraded my phone, and the lack of a 3.5mm jack really hurts. But at least I have an excuse not to listen to my sister’s 20 min Whatsapp voice messages… One other thing I really miss is the LED indicator that you have new notifications when the screen is off.
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@Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 07:26
My treo650 and novviremote (= those were the fucking days. I could speed type like no tomorrow on that keyboard, my homie at Treonauts… GetJar for the weird games… Man, I miss those days. I still have a microsd slot, I have two Sim slots, I use my infrared night camera to take pictures of my dark brown(what everyone calls a black) void kitty, I use my wide angle lends to take pictures in the city, I love the switch off for what they can do but the orientation/layout is shit. Headphone Jack’s can be adapted to he phone charger and type c to 3.5mm is fuckin cheap as fuck. You can also get type c to ad card slot you can quite literally use a hard drive on a phone, I’ve used my computer mouse on my phone using type c to usb a. Again, fucking cheap as fuck for those things on Amazon. Look around. Removable battery isn’t as big of a flex as you think when power banks are a thing.
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@Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 07:41
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@DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-16 02:30
The charging port will be subscription-based.
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@Fizz@lemmy.nz 2026-10-17 02:17
Headphone jack sucks and most of the other things are useless. Big screen and good camera is all people need
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@Hamknight@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 16:47
We’ll add five cameras! And guess what, if even one camera fails, we’ll brick all five! Isn’t that great! More points of failure for everyone ❤️
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@Taldan@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 21:22
Just because they don’t know what the cameras are for doesn’t mean they don’t use them The cameras are for different light and motion conditions. It happens automatically
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@Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-17 02:16
Ooh, maybe a dedicated AI button right next to the power button that can’t be turned off or used for any other function that you accidentally hit all of the time.
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@unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 2026-10-16 11:36
Take away your ability to install apps that aren’t stamped approved. Oh wait, one did it over a decade ago and the other is about to start enforcing it. Oh, and there’s pretty much only the two of them.
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@NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2026-10-17 01:36
people don’t use their cameras?
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@janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 21:20
I miss the IR blaster so much, I used it constantly
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@I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 12:46
I miss the IR blaster so much. It was great to not only be able to control my own devices, but also be able to change TV’s in waiting rooms or gyms when they were stuck on shit like Fox News.
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@TheHonorableT@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-10-17 06:03
“Where are my testicles, Summer?”
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@Jiggs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-17 13:45
I wonder what the new XCover FR, which is assumed to be in development, will be like Anyone got experience with the latest Fairphones, whether they are as glitchy as some report?
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@zollus@lemmy.world 2026-10-19 08:31
They also took your FM radio
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@RacerX@lemmy.zip 2026-10-17 11:47
My BlackBerry had a notification LED that I could set to different colors and based on the type of notification. Made it super easy to see if there was something I needed to look at without picking it up. I miss that.