Top 5 Smartphone Features That Have Trended Down or No Longer Exist
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Smartphone talk usually centers around the latest innovation, but here are five hardware trends that are trending down or no longer exist.
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I miss the IR blaster from my s4 man. I loved turing off projectors during class
IR Blaster
quietly holds up dust & water proof phone with removable back… it’s pretty sturdy as well
The main advantage of owning a smartphone is convenience and connectivity. How is removing a headphone jack supposed to improve these?
The whole idea is just a money making scam.
People need to differentiate between old tech and obsolete tech. Literally every piece of technology with audio has a headphone jack.
Where’s bezel
Definitely missing the front facing speakers.
Rip IR blaster. I loved you
Uhm… the iPhone 7, iPhone 8 and iPhone X all have a front facing speaker.
Xiaomi still has IR blaster and headphone jack
Samsung please do not get rid of the headphone jack
I was fine with Android phones being thick
I actually prefer the optical track pad because it’s more precise than a touchscreen. Works well with scrolling, doesn’t block out the screen with a finger and it keeps you from accidentally clicking on things.
I also prefer tactile keyboards for the same reason. I’d like to see the screen while I type.
Honestly I still used headphones and I refuse to move on from it so headphone jacks better not be dying
Lanyards holes … I believe it exists only on Sony phones these days
iPhone has a front facing speaker since the iPhone 7
I REALLY miss the thermometer on the S4, as well as infrared blasters.
I still like physical keyboards, I had one like 3 years ago… still want one, they feel comfortable as hell… also super thin phones suck, they’re much more fragile and can fit less hardware… I’d take a iPhone with a earphone jack that’s 2 cm thick over the iPhone X… or better yet not a iPhone at all… preferably a Samsung or blackberry
why on earth would you want a thinner phone, it essentially means that it’s easier to break and has less hardware space, I personally think that about 1.5 to 2. cm is the ideal thickness for a phone as in my experience it’s the largest size that’s not uncomfortable, just think about it, a big as hard to break phone with a headphone jack and a bigass battery that can last about 2 times longer as well as some space for extra hardware
Popalar
I stjll like the removable batteries, so I don’t have to ship my phone to the factory, I can easily buy a new battery at the store where I got my phone.
Removable battery. MOTO G5 FTW!
If a cellphone doesn’t have a headphone jack or removable battery, I’m not interested.
anything on an LG phone pretty much
Man…! I’m hating to see the headphone jack go. 😧😧
Physical keyboards also had a problem that different phones had to be made for different countries. At one time I used to carry spare batteries but then I found power banks better as they did not interrupt what I was doing. Headphone jack is vital as one can use a power bank and head phones at same time without any adapters. I would not buy a phone without a head phone jack.
FM radio is one feature that has disappeared.
Hands of the headphone jack! Its really bullshit to remover that one do you have to buy tons of adapters to still use it!
Samsung galaxy s9 has front facing speaker now
I really hope the headphone jack thing is just a trend, but the fact that it hasn’t died yet may be a sign of that. I think a lot of people were just wanting to bandwagon off of Apple at first.
A smaller screen.
I look at the iPhone SE and I think “Nice. Smart. Surely though there is room for a pair of speakers in those bezels?”
You’re dead wrong about batteries…