6 trends to expect from flagship Android phones in 2025
From huge performance gains to much-improved fingerprint scanners, here's what we expect from flagship Android phones in 2025.
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Without reading it I'm betting the list doesn't include
Very few flagship phones offer the first two now. ( I think Xperia series had an Headphone jack). Replaceable battery is almost gone even in mid rangers. Chargers, Chinese OEMs still provide but still not Samsung or Google.
Not getting a charger is a good thing. I'd rather not pay for the additional charger since my house is full of high quality chargers already. I don't need another one.
Newer phones generally charge faster, I agree if it's just a 30W charger most have that already, but my "new" phone charge with 120W, and for some phones the high Watt charging only works with the brands own chargers.
I mean that's assuming they reduce the price accordingly. Which I bet they won't. At that point, just give me the backup in the box personally
Its a good thing as long as that cable works with whatever proprietary fast charge they have*
Aren't everyone apart from OnePlus basing their fast charging on USB PD nowadays? At least Apple, Samsung and Google phones can fast charge with USB PD. There is usually no need for a proprietary charger anymore.
May companies like Realme still use Vooc charging and have not switched to USB PD. I think it's the case with majority of Chinese OEMs.
A similar case is seen in wireless tech where Qi or Qi2(which currently only HMD supports) isn't the base standard for Chinese OEMs since their propreitary solutions can sometimes wirelessly charge as high as 50W in some cases.
The situation may be worse than I've been exposed to, due to the phone brands we have in our house.
I still think it's better for the environment to not ship a charger with every phone, even if you cannot assume that everything is USB PD nowadays.
Lol have you noticed any drop in price since chargers were removed? There wasn't any. If anything the prices increased, profits increased, and you now get a more expensive phone without a charger (and often even a cable).
You are absolutely right, the prices have gone up. Still better for the environment to not ship a redundant charger with each phone.
My point is, don't get causation and correlation mixed up. Sure, in this case, it also happens to be somewhat better for the environment. But it would never happen if it also wasn't more profitable, which it undoubtedly is.
It's partly not even about the price of the chargers themselves; it saves even more in "hidden costs" like just the fact that now you can have a single SKU for the whole world (or large parts of it at least) instead of keeping 10 different ones (per phone variant). Stuff like having to keep way less stock variants for RMAs, much simplified shipping, etc.
I want a legit physical keyboard flagship
Check out the old Galaxy W Series
I appreciate the suggestion, but I want a modern one with good specs and I'm really not a fan of Samsung phones after a series of bad experiences with them.
Haven't read the article, but unlockable bootloaders are on the rise.
