And it comes with a 3mm headphone jack! Hallelujah!! I’m so, so glad someone is stepping up to fill this niche. My only complaint, and it’s kind if a big one, is that the screen is too damn big. I’m tired of phone manufacturers forcing me to carry a television in my pocket. I want something small that I can hold in one hand without a pop socket. I’ll trade performance, camera quality, basically anything for a phone w…
They basically need four models to pretty much cover all the bases:
1. Budget:
- Basic processor/camera/space with 6 inch screen
- Basic processor/camera/space with 4.5 inch screen
2. Flagship
- High-end processor/camera/space with 6 inch screen
- High-end processor/camera/space with 4.5 inch screen
And it comes with a 3mm headphone jack! Hallelujah!! I’m so, so glad someone is stepping up to fill this niche. My only complaint, and it’s kind if a big one, is that the screen is too damn big. I’m tired of phone manufacturers forcing me to carry a television in my pocket. I want something small that I can hold in one hand without a pop socket. I’ll trade performance, camera quality, basically anything for a phone w…
I jumped from apple because at the time, all they had were $1000 giant phones. I jumped back because they released the SE, and my current motorolla was having quite a lot of issues, and I couldn't find anything smaller. I still have it, and don't plan on buying anything new until I can either 1. get an iphone mini with a usb C jack or 2. find a competitor that's similar sized. I'm so so sick of these massive phones.
I will give up my iPhone 13 Mini when it’s no longer possible to repair it. It’s a near perfect phone for me for similar reasons. Big phones suck.
And it comes with a 3mm headphone jack! Hallelujah!! I’m so, so glad someone is stepping up to fill this niche. My only complaint, and it’s kind if a big one, is that the screen is too damn big. I’m tired of phone manufacturers forcing me to carry a television in my pocket. I want something small that I can hold in one hand without a pop socket. I’ll trade performance, camera quality, basically anything for a phone w…
Pixel 5 is the best value small factor Android phone at the moment.
And it comes with a 3mm headphone jack! Hallelujah!! I’m so, so glad someone is stepping up to fill this niche. My only complaint, and it’s kind if a big one, is that the screen is too damn big. I’m tired of phone manufacturers forcing me to carry a television in my pocket. I want something small that I can hold in one hand without a pop socket. I’ll trade performance, camera quality, basically anything for a phone w…
Nokia phones have always kept them, and FM radios as well in some models.
I will never buy a high end Android phone for three reasons: - no headphone jack - no SD card slot - all come with ad-ware and un-uninstallable third-party apps like Facebook (except for Google Pixels, which don't satisfy the first two criteria) Mid range is where it's at. Why pay $200 more for 256 instead of 128 GB when I can put in my 1,000 GB mircoSD card? It's a shame that Fairphone went with the no SD card trend…
Are phone SD cards encrypted? Because they're not fast or reliable, so one would at least hope they're secure.
And it comes with a 3mm headphone jack! Hallelujah!! I’m so, so glad someone is stepping up to fill this niche. My only complaint, and it’s kind if a big one, is that the screen is too damn big. I’m tired of phone manufacturers forcing me to carry a television in my pocket. I want something small that I can hold in one hand without a pop socket. I’ll trade performance, camera quality, basically anything for a phone w…
My samsung galaxy a as well as my girlfriend's smartphone both have 3.5mm jacks. I wouldn't call that a niche when most models still have it.
The A range is the middle range for Samsung, and the latest ones A33 and A53 no longer have them.
Loving my Unihertz Atom (for a particular sports application). https://www.unihertz.com/products/atom if you haven't tried one. I agree that it would be great if Nokia did this product but in a reasonable size.
It's interesting hearing in this thread about some of the smaller android companies, you mentioned unihertz and someone else mentioned ulefone. Something a little different from the usual flagships at least.
Umidigi is another company to mention. Their Bison models pretty much fill the gap between a massive rugged phone and a standard phone. The phone's battery @~6kmAh usually covers a 2-3 day trip without charging.
Headphone jack and OLED display are my only two musts on a new smart phone. Wireless earbuds are scam solution by the problem created by removing the jack. But I really can't go back to IPS on any display in my life where the experience and color matter.
Wired earbuds are obnoxious for phone use cases because the cables get tangled up and cause telephonics - that's when walking/running/touching the cable causes it to send unintended sound into your ears. For desktop use cases they have the problem that you have to take them off to get up.
Not saying there aren't use cases where it would be preferred, but you can still use truly wireless earbuds with a Bluetooth capable phone/laptop/desktop that has a 3.5mm headphone jack. You can't however jam a plug into a phone without a jack--the option has been removed. There was a time before the headphone jack was dropped that very few people had wireless earbuds or cared, and now that choice to switch was placed on them. When we talk about the ethics of e-waste and repairability, which lasts longer: a pair of IEMs with detachable cables, headphones with detachable cables + replaceable whatever the cup material is made out of, or Bluetooth headphones with battery and a processor? Do my IEMs ever need a firmware upgrade? Are firmware upgrades only deliverable via Android or iOS apps only? Some folks would take the minor inconvenience of having to take off headphones to get up in trade for a product that will last a decade or longer. Some of these earbuds, when you buy them and the battery dies or swells, you have to throw the whole thing out. Instead it feels like the same powers that want us cycling through new smart phones every 3 years, want us replacing the same audio gear just as often.
Fairphone that's mentioned in the article has 7 years of support (IIRC). Never used it though, my last 3 phones were all from Nokia. It's pretty much the only manufacturer that still releases new stock (Android One) models regularly. (Excluding too-expensive-for-my-taste Pixels and some Motorolas I could never find in my country).
> and some Motorolas I could never find in my country Hm? Writing this on g30 and Motos aren't popular here for years. Edit: like I bought the cheapest Samsung last year and the experience is night and day.
G30 isn't an Android One phone.
Android One = nearly the same stock Android you'd get on a Pixel, no (non-Google) bloatware, no custom UI.
It was never quite popular, but if you scroll through the Wikipedia list of devices (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_One), you'll see it's pretty much only Nokia nowadays.
Some Motorola models as well, but I couldn't find those specific models back when they were still new and I was looking for a phone.