For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up

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    The audio port for headphones and headsets. Replaceable batteries. Extendable storage. Fuckers charge 100x more for every little upgrade now.

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      10 months ago

      Can second the replaceable batteries and extendable storage.

      However I don’t mind the lack of a headphone jack, because they make affordable dongle dacs now. I think instead of a headphone jack phones should just have 2 usb c ports

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        Dacs are great, I have one for my IEMs and love it. But only when im sitting. As soon as any movement happens I am occasionally punished when the cable moves 1mm out of its port with noise or complete sound stoppage. I can use my TWS but sound quality and reliability suffers.

        3.5/4.4 jacks are a beautiful thing.

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      Replacement batteries should be a legal requirement. My 5 year old android phone needed a new battery and people kept telling me to get a new one as the phone is old anyway. It still does what I need so why should I get a new one just because of a battery.

      I ended up taking the phone apart myself and replacing it. Wasn’t easy and took me over 2 hours.

      I’m up for anything which keeps phones working for longer. Such a waste of money and resources for what should be a simple job.

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      10 months ago

      To be fair, expandable storage as we’ve had it sucks. MicroSD cards cause a lot of issues, and a good chunk of Android apps block the ability to use them. Connecting an SSD to your phone is a much better experience.