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[-] [email protected] 68 points 2 years ago

I loved it when my phone had IR. I really hate it when restaurants have tvs on in the dining room. I would turn the volume down or even turn it off. I really miss being able to do that.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

My Galaxy S5 was great when people insisted on watching Fox or Nancy Grace at full volume on the lunch room TV.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Could you age restrict Fox and OAN?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Most Chinese brand phones like oppo and Xiaomi still has it as standard.

I use it to control my air conditioning all the time.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

what is a good phone that has it?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

My Xiaomi 13 has it.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In the US, OnePlus Open is a recent phone I can think of with an IR blaster, but that's a $1700 phone.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I wonder if that's why phones no longer have IR blasters.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

Phones don't have IR blasters anymore for the same reason they don't have aux ports or SD card slots anymore. For one, they remove these features to make room for other things that take up the real estate of a thin slice of technology. And for two, cutting those things increases the profit margin of the phones they sell, even if only slightly.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The absence of the component frees up room for the phone’s taptic engine -- which allows your device to vibrate -- and creates room for a larger battery.

I'm not saying I agree with it. I prefer a phone with an aux port, and apple pioneered taking it out. It is what it is

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

They also removed radio capabilities. Rip the days I would listen to live radio at 2 am while I washed dishes at chili's.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Well that was the behavior of a jerk.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

10/10, would turn screens off for a more enjoyable dining experience again.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I miss using my LG v20

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i still have redmi note 4 with one
fully controllable with an api too

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I had that phone for like 4 months and loved it! Unfortunately the police stole it when the house I was living in was raided... it was a good phone, I spent quite lot of hours researching which to get and decided that would be the best.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

you had the snapdragon one right?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure it was the Helio series one? How come

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I wonder if an IR dongle is a thing that's available and would function well...

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

look irplus wave if you have a headphone jack

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

if you have a headphone jack

about that... :(

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, mine doesn't either, but I guess I could get a USB to 3.5mm, then the 3.5mm IR dongle... Eh, I've lived fine without it, as much as I'd enjoy having it back.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

yeah my phone doesn't have one (pixel 7a)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

well main reason I have a pixel is I hate one ui

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

oneui is pretty decent but actually i don't like the build quality on most older a series, including mine.
it got better with a54, a53 and a7x ones tho

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Did that in my high school. Turned on Thomas the Train.

I was a rebel. They unplugged the TV after that

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I just brought a universal remote to class, admittedly causing the TV to get unplugged as well.

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