this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2024
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[–] [email protected] 94 points 3 months ago (21 children)

Not even what it was once close to being unfortunately on the android side either.

Android users have also been losing features every year.

Flagships have seen the removal of:

-SD card expansion - what we could once count on to use phones like mirrorless cameras is now gone so they can rip you off for higher non expandable storage (128GB SD? $10. 128 -> 256 GB base? $200)

  • 3.5mm - why buy cheap wired headphones when you can force people to spend 10x as much on wireless! Coming up with a solution to a problem they invented.

  • IR blaster - yes I used it since it worked on TV, receiver, DVD player, air conditioner, etc. Also super convenient if you have used stuff you bought without the remote

  • FM radio - yes I used it again since no data needed! Can also be fun to listen to campus radio or when travelling

  • notification led - The RGB led was pretty good when you had binds foe each app to know who texted you and why. Always on OLED draws substantially more power than the LED did

  • Always unlocked bootloaders - the custom ROM scene was pretty big at one point, but has shrunk as more manufacturs have begun locking bootloaders 'for safety'

  • removable battery - phone no longer holding a good charge? $15 fix. Was also super convenient since I bought a spare that I kept charged and in my bag, meaning I could go 0% to 100% in 2 mins... better than fast charge!

List could go on for longer. Maybe it's just nostalgia but I do miss some of those days.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Correction: the iPhone 16 does support physical SIM.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Wait, Sony's phones have unlockable bootloaders? If I'd known that, I would have bought one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At least be accurate.

The “Pro” model iPhone has a lot of the features you are calling out the non-pro one for not having. Also no non-proprietary lossless audio streaming would be more accurate.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Comparing phones on specifications when both operating systems are different is kinda stupid. I guarantee most people don't care about refresh rates or data transfer speeds.

Also, not a meme.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Except you have to contend with those fucking model names Sony uses. The Xperia 5 IV. The 1 V. The Pro I 5G.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

S24, Pixel 9, iPhone 16: 7 years of is support Sony: 2 years

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

Confirmed: my six year old iPhone gets the new version of iOS this month. Runs amazingly. Battery lasts all day still. No complaints.

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