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[–] weedazz 242 points 1 year ago (42 children)

The 90s kid in me yearns for a phone with Fm radio, headphone jack, IR blaster, stylus, memory card slot, slide out keyboard and one of those click on projectors the Motorola phones used to have. I would call it the Donatello and it would be radical.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (33 children)

I've refused to buy these "flagship" phones that don't have a headphone jack. The 90s kid in me will live on, damnit!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If there was a decent phone with FM radio and an IR blaster, I might pick it over a lot of other ones.

I miss having an IR blaster so much, I was always finding new uses for it. Now I've got little remotes everywhere again

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Same, including an IR led is such a simple thing, why did this ever go away. Though I'm pretty sure most Chinese phones still have them, Xiaomi phones do for sure

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