New mobile features are sh*t these days

The things consumers most want are features they really don’t want to give us, like expandable storage, replaceable batteries, and other actual solvable problems where they stand to benefit.
Best I can do is AI.
- I'll just stay over here with a phone I can repair that fits in my pocket with a 3.5mm headphone jack until they turn off the 4g network, ok.
  
  Which one is that? I am looking for a good phone I can keep for multiple years.
- The free market has been deliberately shit at meeting the demands of consumers for quite some time. Big players like Apple have been very good at manufacturing hype and loyalty to deliver mediocre products for a consistent revenue stream instead. Smaller companies are either too irrelevant to make an impact or just try to mimic the more successful companies instead.
- Maybe Framework will make an Android phone.
  
  https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-5
- I went from a 6.5 year old iPhone to a 16 man pro max big and it’s amazing. I dig that I can keep a phone for over six years
  
  Who stops people from using them 6 years other than the people themselves?
- Fairphone 5 can do that, and even give you choice over your RAM.
  Although the phone isn't sold in the US, it will work the best on T-Mobile since the Fairphone 5's chipset best aligns with those frequencies (sorry for the reddit post).
  Would've been my first phone after my previous 7 year old Galaxy Note9, but it incurred water damage. Definitely considering it still though even with my new phone lease because of the Fairphone 5 being unlocked
  
  Real shame it’s not sold in the States! And I would prefer a higher-end processor option but I understand the choice for support.
- Most people wouldn't know what to do with expandable storage, replaceable batteries, and the rest of that.
  
  I'm not sure how many people need more storage but the current way is predatory and the general public would pick up battery swaps pretty easily.
  
  Dude we used to have expandable storage in the form of micro SD cards and same with batteries. People know or could figure it out.

You're posting in Lemmy Shitpost. You're allowed to say "shit".
- S#it
  
  SHIT!
  Edit: Oh I meant to reply to the one above, but I stand by it lol.

I know it’s a cringe trend now, but: Downvoted for censorship. Do not keep your memes safe for TikTok!
- What censorship? What TikTok?
  
  Say "shit", not "sh*t".
  Say "pussy", not "p**sy".
  Say "gay", not "".

This has to be the replacement for the spiderman meme.

What kinda features do you honestly expect? Phones can basically already do everything these days. Of course the most noteable difference is CPU speed but you don't need a new one for that every year, or do you upgrade your PC as soon as a new CPU or graphics card hit the market?
- We are "there" with processing power IMO. Form factor is the next evolution. Try a foldable and find out that regular phones are so limiting.
  I can legit get work done. Two or three apps comfortably shown. (Teams, tickets, admin console)
  I just moved and reading/signing docs on a big screen was so helpful.
  navigation with an 8in screen is objectively better. Can even split screen with Spotify or the message thread with whoever I am visiting/meeting.
  tripod for taking pics. I use this SO much. Along with selfies using the main cameras
  I tried to go from fold 3 to S23U and gave it to my mom after 2 weeks. Right back to foldables with OnePlus Open. Takes even better pics
  
  Larger form factors also means more room for batteries. Granted, larger screens require them, but I think my point stands. I've been on the Samsung Note since like the Note 4 (I think). The larger amount of screen real estate is genuinely a welcome upgrade and that's the whole point of the foldables... it's the next evolution of the "phablet."
  
  640Kb should be enough for anyone
- Wouldn't mind if they keep lowering power consumption...

It feels like Phones really don't have anywhere else to go in terms of meaningful upgrades outside of speed.
- yeah, someone could release an actually useful phone (USB ports, SD cards, hardware switches for everything....) phones could've been so amazing, but what we have now is nothing short of useless.
- If they figure out durable scratch resistant creaseless foldables, it's actually over for form factor changes
  
  Even in its current iteration, barring material conditions that disallow me from keeping my foldable phone, I think I'll keep owning one for the foreseeable future. It truly feels like something new in a sea of black rectangular slabs.
  
  Bro they are ready. Check out the OnePlus Open. Typing this on my outer-screen now, it's very comfortable and feels like a normal iPhone closed.
  I bought it second hand and the screens are still flawless. I do not baby my phones. It is currently case-less
  The crease is practically non existent, I constantly get comments on that. I think people are used to how Samsung's folds have a deep valley crease.
  The cameras are better than the Galaxy S23 Ultra I tried for a couple weeks. Video quality is iPhone level or better
- sidekick 3 was the SHIT
- I can believe why you think that if you use iPhones. Foldables are out here completely changing the game. Apple will make one in 2030 I'm sure
  
  And it'll be so revolutionary... Somehow

We got USB C 14>15, that’s an upgrade on its own tbh
- Because they got forced to do so, lol.
  
  100%, not denying that
- Thousand dollar standard update
  
  laughs in android

And yet people always want to upgrade to the latest one.
- Who are these people? All my friends and family keep phones for 3-5 years. Im the "new phone" guy and I'm on a 3 year schedule
  
  I don't have an iPhone but quite a few people I know are on that plan with Apple where you can upgrade every 12 months: https://www.apple.com/shop/iphone/iphone-upgrade-program
  I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area so maybe it's region-specific. People do like new shiny tech here.

You can say shit on the Internet
- No, seriously.....someone explain to me why so many children think you can't cuss online anymore. Is it because of the hardcore shit like that on Tik Tok? Do these kids believe the entire internet is censored that bad?

The bezels are pretty wide on these examples. Some people like that though.
- I love good bezels where you can actually hold your phone securely and not have to balance it on the bottom with your thumb/pinkie.

sarcasm
- is
  
  lasagna

They're just making things at this point

Outside of software, the only ones I remember that I cared about hardware-wise was USB Display-out & a Stylus. Though some android tablets are getting tiny fans so I do like that, and two USB-C ports does make up mildly for removing the audio port

I am on the fence about switching to a Galaxy this year. Someone convince me. I’m coming from an iPhone 12. My biggest hangup is going to be moving my stuff over.
- Just stay on your current phone till it's dead. And even if you switch to Android avoid Samsung it's a bloated disaster. Use oneplus or import a sony phone if you want headphone jack microsd slot and hardware fingerprint reader
- Get a Fairphone then.
- If you go Android, I recommend a sony phone. Unlockable bootloaders, microsd, headphone jack, exceptional audio, good camera. And no fucking notch or hole cut out of the damn screen!
  I even recently replaced the battery in my Xperia 1 iii.
- Coming from a pixel guy who recently bought a 16 pro apps just plain don’t work as well like even google apps run better but that’s not to say they are bad on android things “just work” sometimes on iOS
  
  Can you give an example of an app not working "as well"? Do your emails get wrangled or anything?

Ok? That’s the outside of the phone, and frankly all the other options also look the same just more plasticky. It’s called being recognizable.
- Dog shit's also easily recognizable, and people also keep stepping in it.
  
  Sure thing, my dude. I do hope you guys one day get personalities based on what you like instead of what you hate. You’ll be happier and I’d love that for you.