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[POLL] Do you use/require a headphone jack on your phone? (strawpoll.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Alternatively, if your current phone doesn't have a headphone jack, do you wish it did?

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[–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The big issue for me is that there is any disadvantage between generations. My current 5 year old flagship has a headphone jack, expandable storage, and support for Bluetooth 5.0 which is all that most devices need. The only new phones that still have all 3 are cheap budget phones that lack in other areas compared to the one I already have.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I felt the same way. I recently broke my LG V20 and had to "upgrade" to a newer phone, and nothing felt like it was actually better in terms of features than my phone from 7 years ago

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Yea, that’s been the case for phone development for a while now. Advancements aren’t coming in tactile feature sets anymore. I remember when every new generation of phone had a cool new price of technology that changed how you interacted with the phone, it gave me a reason to upgrade every year, sometimes more.

    Now I’m on an iPhone 12 Pro and I see zero functional difference between my near 3 year old phone and my partner’s 14. The only reason I’ll be upgrading to the 15 will be for USBC.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Damn, wasnt that one of the last phones to have an IR Blaster?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    IR blaster, FM tuner, removable/replaceable battery (with lots of expanded 3rd party batteries available), secondary screen for checking notifications, hi-fi DAC, headphone jack, fingerprint reader in my preferred position (on the back), one of the first phones to use multiple camera lenses for different zoom levels. It was an incredibly feature-rich phone, which isn't a thing anymore sadly.

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