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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Honestly, I do want a better smartphone. Not better as in more pixels or processing power, but more features.

My P8P has a temperature sensor on it. Every phone I own moving forward is gonna need that now cuz I use it for all kinds of shit basically daily, great tool for a SMART device.

I miss IR blasters, they weren't as useful but they had their place

I miss the short time period where volume and lock buttons were on the backs of phones.

More weird sensors and functionality that might prove useful in niche situations, please.

[–] multifariace 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They keep saying they upgraded the cameras but they are still limited to the visible spectrum.

[–] dojan 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Didn't OnePlus have a special camera which ended up being updated away because it would see through people's clothes?

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

It could what?!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I don't know if there were any cases of that happening, but it could see through some types of plastic

[–] dojan 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It sounds a lot more scandalous than it was, but yeah. I found this photo. As you can see, you can't really see the dude's body, but you can see the details of box underneath his shirt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Ty for example.

[–] multifariace 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I believe that was a slight visibility in the UV spectrum. Like, if the color of undergarments didn't match the outfit, then it would glow. I don't know much more about it.

[–] dojan 2 points 7 months ago

Honestly, a UV camera/filter for the front camera would be useful for things like applying sunscreen. I've contemplated making a smart mirror with that type of functionality.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I miss IR blasters

Ditto. Literally the only thing I find myself using my Flipper Zero for these days. Wish more devices had this feature.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

yeah i still whip out my old redmi note 4 whenever i need to use some obscure appliance that only works with ir.
the thing's annoying af tho, the battery's dies after like 5 minutes, barely able to charge and turns off randomly, the thing takes 5 minutes to boot and the os is ridiculously slow with all the modern updates

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I miss my notification LED. My first android phone was a Nexus 6, and I loved that big old thing. I rooted it and made it link up to my medication tracker so it would be a different colour when I had taken medication Vs when I was due (alarms work for medication you take on a schedule, but less so for PRN meds like painkillers)