• xia@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Took me a while to realize the last image was not a cartoony shark nibbling on an under-sea cable.

  • megrania@discuss.tchncs.de
    14·
    6 days ago

    Seems like in this day and age, the cheaper the phone the more features you get … you can get a cheapo phone (100-150 euro) with a huge 2-day battery, two physical SIM slots AND an SD card slot, headphone jack, ok-ish cameras … usually they’re huge, 6.5" or more …

  • Glytch@lemmy.world
    111·
    6 days ago

    My $200 Motorola has one, I don’t see the issue here. If headphone jacks are important to you, find a phone that has one. I’ve never had a smartphone without a jack.

    • JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      Well, if you want something with good cameras and/or a future-proofed CPU for the next 10+ years, you can’t buy a phone with “legacy” features. That’s why I was holding onto my Redmi 4X until recently. Now I have a Redmi K90 without a headphone connector, SDcard slot or an unlockable bootloader - because capitalism. At least it could run a Browser decently - unlike the older one.

      My plan is to use the new phone for the next 10 - 12 years (or more if I can still use a web browser decently). Could a ~150€ Redmi shitbox do this? - From my experience: if you like waiting 10 mins for a simple website to load.

      At least throwing money at the problem mitigates it somewhat.

      This was my annoyed rant. Enjoy.

      Also: The new phone doesn’t even support analog audio output (for some stupid reason) and I have to buy a 10€ DAC to have a decent wired audio. Spending money makes you spend more money. Great.

      • Hoimo@ani.social
        2·
        6 days ago

        I am running CrDroid on a €150 Redmi shitbox and I don’t have any trouble opening websites. I don’t even look at processing power when picking a phone, all I need is headphone jack, fingerprint unlock, e-sim: whoop, filtered 1000 phones down to 2.

        But using a phone for 10 years? You’ve used yours since 2016? Or do you mean that no phone ever lasted for 10 years, but this next one surely will?

        • JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          on a €150 Redmi shitbox and I don’t have any trouble opening websites. I don’t even look at processing power when picking a phone, all I need is headphone jack, fingerprint unlock, e-sim: whoop, filtered

          Well, the old Redmi (from early 2017 - almost 10 years - if it had a slightly better CPU, it would have been fine - static websites run tolerable, but I do need web-apps relatively often) still fully works (after replacing the battery) - so the (edit: new) phone will probably last at least 10 years, but will it do things I need decently fast - fuck knows, it will probably be way better than the lowest performance device I could find.

          I used the Redmi since around 2022, but it was used by my dad since 2017. So it could be relatively fine this time.

          Also the phone:

  • dropped_the_chief@lemmy.world
    121·
    7 days ago

    Bruh, I had a phone with an infrared blaster for television. The moment fairphone comes out with something that works with a graphene. I’m in.

  • Damaskox@lemmy.world
    81·
    7 days ago

    I’m glad my current phone has this. Earphones with the cable seems to handle calling while bicycling better ✨

  • H Ramus@piefed.socialEnglish
    7·
    7 days ago

    I refurbished my old iPod, new motherboard, new screen, new battery and SD card mod. Given the phone sizes today it feels super light in comparison. Plus battery last much longer now. I’d rather have a headphone jack but it’s actually cool to rock an iPod in 2026.

  • ekZepp@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    When, thanks to linux, you manage to resurrect a 10-year-old decent specs pc and you have all the goodies.

  • BingBongTheArcher@lemmy.today
    5·
    7 days ago

    Kept my galaxy s8 to use as a DAP. It does everything I need it to but I’m unsure if that phone will be on google’s lockdown list happening soon. Fuck google for that.

      • BingBongTheArcher@lemmy.today
        2·
        6 days ago

        Yeah true. I have shizuku as my main installer but if the devs decide not to pay google, my bootloader can’t be unlocked. Unfortunately my phone has a SnapDragon chip instead of Exynos so I’m stuck for now.

  • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    I get the sentiment, but I’m trying to carry on with the times.

    One of my best purchases in recent years is a Bluetooth DAC/Amp with a headphone out. I think it’s a good compromise - I’m not committing to just one set of headphones/earphones, it has (to my ears) better sound quality than my last phone with 3.5 mm out (the better circuitry more than makes up for the loss of quality of Bluetooth - which I’m probably not going to perceive in the outside noise anyway), I can use it plugged in over USB-C too if I want. It even has a replaceable battery (!!). The only downside over traditional Bluetooth headphones is that I don’t have ANC.

    I used to carry a dedicated audio player some years ago and it was fine for what it was - press play, shove it in my pocket and carry on; but with a phone that I take out and back in all the time the wired approach doesn’t work, especially with most earphones having a cable barely long enough to reach my pocket.

  • we is doomed!@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    I came across my 25 year old still working (presumably because who knows these days) Etymotic buds in the lil case in my draw the other day, and had a sad face :(

    I remember bugging them, paid a high price and justified it by telling my self they will last decades. Little did I know much of that time would be spent im their case, in the draw :(