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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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[–] [email protected] 92 points 10 months ago (4 children)

SD card slots, user-replaceable batteries, and headphone jacks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Where did they go? Just vanished?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They realized they can charge inflated prices for an extra 128gb, battery replacement, and Bluetooth headphones

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My personal conspiracy theory is, SD card slots were removed from phones so Google, Apple, and Samsung can more readily push their cloud storage subscriptions

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

This seems fair - especially when you start looking at how Google seems to be continually further hindering file access in Android in the name of Security. I use my file system a fair bit on my phone and it just keeps getting worse with every new android release.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Oddly enough Apple still includes SD slots and headphones in laptops (my M1 Mac Pro has them). But not in their other devices…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's not really that odd though, since laptops are gigantic compared to phones.

But I guess, iPads should also include them.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wait iPhones have SD slots? I literally had no idea

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The MacBook laptops have an SD card reader, not the iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Ah I misunderstood, I guess I assumed the OP was talking about phones.

Glad they finally put the SD reader back on the MacBook Pro a couple of years ago, I was wondering if I'd missed them adding it to their phones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Add in an IR blaster, and that's my whole list.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago