The things consumers most want are features they really don’t want to give us, like expandable storage, replaceable batteries, and other actual solvable problems where they stand to benefit.
Best I can do is AI.
this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2024
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I'll just stay over here with a phone I can repair that fits in my pocket with a 3.5mm headphone jack until they turn off the 4g network, ok.
Which one is that? I am looking for a good phone I can keep for multiple years.
Samsung S10e
nothing fancy just a proper small flagship phone, had it since new and battery life is still perfectly fine, never had to repair anything. I think android support has just ended recently so I'm going to be flashing a newer OS soon and get many more years out of it. as with anything you own, take care of it and it will take care of you.
literally any phone should last you multiple years, if that's not the case for you the type of phone isn't the problem.
I have the Fairphone 5, it has everything mentioned and 5G but no 3.5mm jack.
Most people wouldn't know what to do with expandable storage, replaceable batteries, and the rest of that.
I'm not sure how many people need more storage but the current way is predatory and the general public would pick up battery swaps pretty easily.
When your phone is no longer locked down and working against you, it's amazing how much more you can - and will - do with it, and the extra storage space quickly becomes most appreciated.
And yet the phones with those features have been discontinued or unpopular.
have been discontinued or unpopular.
...and? Manufacturers will drop expandable storage because they can charge $100+ more for a model with another 128gb. Yes they still sell phones with them but they're not the flagships.
Are there phones with expandable storage that people could buy to avoid that cost?
If so, why aren't they that popular?
Why are you like this? There's no reason I can't have a phone with a nice screen, top of the lime camera, and the above. Other than no one wanting to sell one.
And yes, any decent phone will take good enough photos but is that the point?
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The phones with those features have been discontinued but they were never unpopular, they were just what phones were.
Nobody 10 years ago was saying "I wish I couldn't replace my phone battery" or "I hate that I have the option to plug my wired IEMs into my phone"
People just do what people are good at. Adapting.
Manufacturers have taken these options away because it is profitable to do so. People have largely adapted to that (although I still refuse to buy a phone without a headphone jack)
Yes, and the reason it was profitable to do so was that people don’t care about them.
If they did care, the companies that removed them would have gone out of business.
So, again, most people - of which we are not - do not care about these features.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
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Dude we used to have expandable storage in the form of micro SD cards and same with batteries. People know or could figure it out.
The free market has been deliberately shit at meeting the demands of consumers for quite some time. Big players like Apple have been very good at manufacturing hype and loyalty to deliver mediocre products for a consistent revenue stream instead. Smaller companies are either too irrelevant to make an impact or just try to mimic the more successful companies instead.
Maybe Framework will make an Android phone.
I went from a 6.5 year old iPhone to a 16 man pro max big and it’s amazing. I dig that I can keep a phone for over six years
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Edit: Oh I meant to reply to the one above, but I stand by it lol.
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I know it’s a cringe trend now, but: Downvoted for censorship. Do not keep your memes safe for TikTok!
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This has to be the replacement for the spiderman meme.
What kinda features do you honestly expect? Phones can basically already do everything these days. Of course the most noteable difference is CPU speed but you don't need a new one for that every year, or do you upgrade your PC as soon as a new CPU or graphics card hit the market?
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It feels like Phones really don't have anywhere else to go in terms of meaningful upgrades outside of speed.
yeah, someone could release an actually useful phone (USB ports, SD cards, hardware switches for everything....) phones could've been so amazing, but what we have now is nothing short of useless.
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We got USB C 14>15, that’s an upgrade on its own tbh
Thousand dollar standard update
laughs in android
And yet people always want to upgrade to the latest one.
Who are these people? All my friends and family keep phones for 3-5 years. Im the "new phone" guy and I'm on a 3 year schedule
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The bezels are pretty wide on these examples. Some people like that though.
I love good bezels where you can actually hold your phone securely and not have to balance it on the bottom with your thumb/pinkie.
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