I bought the dbrand grip for the last 3 phones I’ve had, and it’s always been a great choice for me, highly recommend; but I shouldn’t have to spend $60 and increase the thickness of the phone by nealy 20% just to be able to hold on to the damn thing.
And removable battery. This will be coming for EU soon, hoping for the rest of us too.
Absolutely bonkers that a company can claim to be environmentally friendly despite their phones being practically disposable once the battery gets under 70% health.
For my own use, I don’t care much, but I agree in theory. My 128gb Pixel 4A has 32gb free and I do not actively manage space on it. Android’s handling of SD cards is kind of terrible, making them mostly useful for media files. If I did much photography or videography with my phone, I’d want this more.
Hotswappable batteries and an option for a keyboard would be nice too. Virtual keyboards seem like they’re getting shittier (at least on Android) and they never matched the accuracy of a regular keyboard.
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I want a small screen (about 5"), headphone jack, and unlockable bootloader. That’s all.
And a material you can actually grip. Pixel 9 be slippery af
Almost all the modern flagships have this garbage glass panel on the back that’s slippery and can break when dropped. I just don’t get it.
Yeah it became luxury products so basically fragile and not daily-use friendly
I bought the dbrand grip for the last 3 phones I’ve had, and it’s always been a great choice for me, highly recommend; but I shouldn’t have to spend $60 and increase the thickness of the phone by nealy 20% just to be able to hold on to the damn thing.
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And removable battery. This will be coming for EU soon, hoping for the rest of us too.
Absolutely bonkers that a company can claim to be environmentally friendly despite their phones being practically disposable once the battery gets under 70% health.
For my own use, I don’t care much, but I agree in theory. My 128gb Pixel 4A has 32gb free and I do not actively manage space on it. Android’s handling of SD cards is kind of terrible, making them mostly useful for media files. If I did much photography or videography with my phone, I’d want this more.
Hotswappable batteries and an option for a keyboard would be nice too. Virtual keyboards seem like they’re getting shittier (at least on Android) and they never matched the accuracy of a regular keyboard.
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Florisboard is pretty great
I use Heliboard myself and can second that recommend.
I just started using FUTO and it seems pretty solid
I have not. Thanks for the suggestions!
Replaceable screen and battery. Actually being able to drop in a new radio would be nice too. I only gave up my op7t because no 5g.
What benefits are you seeing from 5g? It’s obviously faster, but I rarely find myself bandwidth constrained on my phone.