While our phones have gotten more advanced, many compromises had to made along the way. Which one was the most difficult for you to forget?
  • anar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    31 minutes ago

    Blackberry Priv form factor:

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    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.

  • sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    22·
    4 hours ago

    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.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    16·
    4 hours ago

    headphone jack mostly because it was the most consumer unfriendly decision removed purely to make phone companies more money

  • root@aussie.zoneEnglish
    61·
    4 hours ago

    Sub 5" screen, 3.5mm jack, removable battery, 2-stage camera shutter button.

    My old Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact had all of those, except for the removable battery.

  • Tilgare@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    4 hours ago

    Stereo front facing speakers.

    I have no idea why these terrible downward facing speakers took off, HTC had it nailed in 2012. RIP, king of smartphones. I’m glad to at least have 2 proper speakers on my Fold6 and 7, rather than an amplified earpiece speaker… But this is just not how sound works. I shouldn’t have to cup my hand around the side to point the sound in the proper direction.

    • zebidiah@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      43 minutes ago

      I used to care about front facing speakers but then I realized I hate the sound they make and if I am “listening” to something i will connect to Bluetooth

    • happysplinter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 hours ago

      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.

  • BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zipEnglish
    101·
    5 hours ago

    Gimmick features in general. So many android phones are just designed to be android flavors of an iPhone, removing all the character that used to be one of the benefits of not going with Apple.

    I had a phone that had a built in kickstand. It was both useful for propping the phone up and as a fidget toy. My last phone had a camera that would pop up out of the top of the phone so they could put a better camera for the selfie cam while also not having a hole in the screen.

  • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zoneEnglish
    16·
    6 hours ago
    • IR blaster
    • Headphone jack
    • Expandable storage
    • Physical keys, especially a D pad (I loved my Samsung i7500 for this)

    That’s probably my top 4. Easily swappable battery I can do without, but able to replaced with basic tools would be nice (like a screwdriver, not a specialist kit that involves regluing the damn thing).

    • Papamousse@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I have an IR blaster in mine (still using my PoCo F3 after 4 years, it is still pretty snappy and all) and used it from time to time but now it looks like my remote for my AV is bluetooth anyway

  • redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    5 hours ago

    higher dpi/4k screens.
    oled pixel layouts already have fewer subpixels than they should for say a claimed “1080p”, leading to weird blur or aliasing in places.
    My high dpi phone has made my eink reader redundant; the sharpness simply makes it way more comfortable to read, for me enough to be on par with print.

    And now I can only await how long my phone will remain usable, knowing no new phones with higher dpi (600ppi+) are being made.

  • lemming741@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    6 hours ago

    I miss the days when everything wasn’t glued together. The biggest hurdle to battery replacement or screen replacement is all that damn glue.

    • Tunawithshoes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      I miss them dearly. Luckily there is some options, I currently using clicks but it is not without its flaws mainly that my phone feels like a tv remote.

    • weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      A lot of people miss physical keyboards actually F(x)Tec Pro1 X has a physical keyboard. There is a modern clone of Blackberry Passport. There is the Clicks keyboard case for iPhones.

      I think I’m one of very few enthusiasts who likes software keyboards better at this point lol.