My Zenfone 9 has a headphone jack. No SD card slot though, which I don't need.
So yeah, I voted for this position with my dollars, and will continue to do so.
Any phone with mandatory AI crap is Hard Pass.
Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
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Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Alternative in what sense? I think most, if not all, modern Xperias have both headphone jacks and microSD slots. I'm not sure how they are when it comes to android updates though.
Worst. 2 years only with awful track record even for the security updates. And the price is around 1400 eur.
The 1 VI yes, but there's also a cheaper 10 VI. Seems like it is supposed to get 4 years of security updates [1] too, but I suppose only time will tell how that actually plays out.
[1]: https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_10_vi-review-2701p4.php
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#63Amen
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#64I agree 100%. And when people inevitably claim that the reason for eliminating the headphone jack is so you could have a phone that could withstand being dropped in water, I think back to the Samsung Galaxy S5 that I bought 10 years ago. It has a headphone jack, a microSD slot, and a user-removable battery, plus an IP67 rating.
http://phandroid.com/2014/04/19/galaxy-s5-water-damage/amp/
> The Galaxy S5 is very good about reminding you close your charger door snugly and make sure your battery cover is snapped on COMPLETELY before continuing. This is a message you shouldn’t dismiss (although it allows you to) because the reminder is a good one. I can say with confidence that during both water tests my phone back cover and battery port were completely secured.
> Somehow, though, water snuck its way into my battery.
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#65I agree 100%. And when people inevitably claim that the reason for eliminating the headphone jack is so you could have a phone that could withstand being dropped in water, I think back to the Samsung Galaxy S5 that I bought 10 years ago. It has a headphone jack, a microSD slot, and a user-removable battery, plus an IP67 rating.
It also had an IR blaster that let you control your television without worrying about misplacing a remote.
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#66My Librem 5 has a 3.5mm jack, microSD slot, removable battery, even removable modem and smartcard, and an OS I fully control. Couldn't be happier. The only thing that bothers me is that it's soon going to be 5 years old and there's still nothing better on the market, and even though it's still usable it's at a point where I expect it to start showing its age rather sooner than later.
My librem 5 has about 3.5mm of dust on it because the phone is unusable. I appreciate that they made a linux phone, but they didn't make a phone people would actually want to use. Abysmal battery life where "carry a 2nd battery" is actual advice for every-day use. Very slow user interface. So large and heavy that I could murder someone with it. Questionable cellular support where the modem randomly disconnecting in the middle of a phone call can happen.
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#67Huh? I don't think one was traded for the other.
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#68My Librem 5 has a 3.5mm jack, microSD slot, removable battery, even removable modem and smartcard, and an OS I fully control. Couldn't be happier. The only thing that bothers me is that it's soon going to be 5 years old and there's still nothing better on the market, and even though it's still usable it's at a point where I expect it to start showing its age rather sooner than later.
My librem 5 has about 3.5mm of dust on it because the phone is unusable. I appreciate that they made a linux phone, but they didn't make a phone people would actually want to use. Abysmal battery life where "carry a 2nd battery" is actual advice for every-day use. Very slow user interface. So large and heavy that I could murder someone with it. Questionable cellular support where the modem randomly disconnecting in t…
The battery lasts up to a single day, which is short but enough for me. I recognize that it's not a phone for everyone and it has its quirks, but "unusable" is not how I'd describe it after daily driving it for years. Overall I see more advantages than disadvantages when compared to mainstream devices, which is why I continue to use it.
> where the modem randomly disconnecting in the middle of a phone call can happen
Fixed 1.5 years ago. It's a fun story BTW: https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3200-univ...
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#69Protip: You can use GSMarena's Phone Finder to find phones with specific features. For example here are phones from 2024 with a headphone jack, SD card slot, FM radio, infrared port and 5G:
https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2024&chk35mm=...
(you can click REFINE to change the options)
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me, the microSD slot is the important part, and the Galaxy A54 still has one. No headphone jack, though.
Samsung Exynos 1380 is huge downgrade and cam offers no improvement.
Huh, the reviews I read seemed to say that the camera was a huge step up. (But maybe they were mostly comparing to the A53, which seemed uniformly to be regarded as a regression.) If not, then I feel quite stupid for paying the extra to "upgrade" to an A54, instead of an A52, from my A50.
(Also, though it's easy for me to believe this random search result is dodgy, and with the understanding that benchmarks don't mean much, Googling around for a chip comparison turned up https://gadgetversus.com/processor/qualcomm-sm7125-snapdrago... , which seems to suggest that the Exynos 1380 in the A54 wins over the Snapdragon 720G in the A52 in many benchmarks.)