My device has a headphone jack and a microSD slot and I've never used either of them.
In regards of AI I find transcription, summarization, translation and predictive text to be very useful.
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
#72Protip: 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)
My choices are Xiaomi, Tecno, and Ulefone
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Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#73I've got a Sony Xperia phone from last year. It's got a headphone jack and sdcard slot, waterproof, latest chipset etc. Plus a very close to vanilla Android. Yet they sold so few that Sony are pulling out of the US phone market. It seems to me that folks who say they want those things don't actually want them that much.
yeah but it's $900, used, on Ebay
I absolutely do not have that kind of money
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#74Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#75"Some people say give the customers what they want, but that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said, 'If I'd ask customers what they wanted, they would've told me a faster horse.' People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page."
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#76Not that I use android smart phones that much any more in the capacity to replace what a laptop might do, since google's ugly head all too often places too much hindrance on the apps I prefer to use, however I do still use unencrypted microSD for times when bluetooth isn't doing what it's supposed to do to transfer photos or it's just faster to put the card into a reader and look at the contents on a laptop.
AI might seem useful - but sadly on a phone and prepackaged, I only see it becoming a minder in a short time - no thanks.
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#77Maybe we should carry our phones around less often.
I carry a media player, like an iPod. 500GB sd card, balanced and unbalanced headphone outs, and actual physical buttons and knobs for control.
Phones can do everything, but there are too many compromises. Ebook readers, and media players do one thing very well.
You also get a lot of peace when you disconnect from apps, scrolling and notifications and just enjoy your music out in the world.
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#78I've got a Sony Xperia phone from last year. It's got a headphone jack and sdcard slot, waterproof, latest chipset etc. Plus a very close to vanilla Android. Yet they sold so few that Sony are pulling out of the US phone market. It seems to me that folks who say they want those things don't actually want them that much.
> It seems to me that folks who say they want those things don't actually want them that much. On the contrary, we do. There's just not enough of us.
Ah, Firefly fans.
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#79I don't know if we need 8k video, but if it's going to be a feature it sure feels like we should have sd cards. This write-up is talking about 33GB/hr. Given the dinky ass 128GB that seems to be common, and given that the base install is often 30GB+, like, yeah, we need more storage. https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-9-8k-more-storage-346... MicroSD cards are fantastic & I'd want them anywhere. But man it's just…
I think Apple's aware of the storage limitations with 8k recording and so they won't bother to ship it in software for another couple years.
The utility gap between 4k and 8k video is tiny. I was eager to move from a giant 1080p TV to a giant 4k TV, but I have no desire to buy 8k.
Neither 8k TVs nor 8k monitors have occupied a meaningful amount of the market, and there appears to be not much demand for them. On the gaming side, the latest graphics cards still can't max out settings on most AAA games at 4k/60fps.
Re: Opinion: I'd rather have a headphone jack and a microSD slot than AI in my phone
#80I've got a Sony Xperia phone from last year. It's got a headphone jack and sdcard slot, waterproof, latest chipset etc. Plus a very close to vanilla Android. Yet they sold so few that Sony are pulling out of the US phone market. It seems to me that folks who say they want those things don't actually want them that much.
yeah but it's $900, used, on Ebay I absolutely do not have that kind of money
Ok. I paid more than that. What you're saying is I want x y and z, and also to be this cheap. But they're obviously catering for a niche market so you have to compromise and can't then just comment with "why can't they..." They would bring those features to cheaper phones if people were buying expensive phones for those features. You don't think it's worth the extra, so they don't think it's worth the effort.
I'm happy to pay a bit more, I use my phone all the time. I would like a folding phone but I don't consider those ready yet, but I'm not posting that all phones should be folding for $200 because they can do it in that model for 1800