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What niche phone features would appeal to you? (self.android)

submitted 1 year ago by Rdan33l to c/android

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I went through my late teens as the initial smart phone boom was happening. I had a Motorola q that could get TV channels and had a keyboard. I had the enV that flipped open. And many androids/blackberries that I loved for their unique form factor and functionality.

I have never balked at spending money on a phone and for a long time i felt locked into generic flagship devices. With the debut of folding screens I feel like my appetite for unique devices rekindled. I think the power of android lies in its diversity of implementation.

So what features and functionalities would you choose over the next flagship release?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly, headphone jacks are number 1.

Then also, FM radios. Most Android phones had them up until a few years ago, when Apple stopped shipping iphones with the feature, to push more people onto iTunes. I'm not a huge radio listener. But having the functionality during an emergency is invaluable. There was a really bad storm in my country a few years ago. Me and my family had no power and no internet for nearly a week. I would listen to my battery powered radio to get weather updates and to find out what the situation was like elsewhere. I don't understand why that same functionality can't be implemented in phones.

Besides that, removable batteries, sim card and SD card slots.

[–] Laice 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

FM Radio and removable Batteries may come back. FM due India requiring it by law now and the EU demanding by law that each electronical device with a battery needs a easy way for the end user to replace said battery

[–] Thadrax 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did those radios ever actually work well? I tried to use it once in an old phone but reception was just terrible and would cut out constantly while walking outside.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You likely would need to have plugged in an aerial. I actually used a fork as an aerial once.

[–] Thadrax 1 points 1 year ago

It has been a while, but I think the plugged in head phones were supposed to work for that.

But I guess just for emergency use, a spotty signal is still better than none.