I mean I still buy old LG cell phones when mine break because they still have a headphone jack
If you’re not put off by Chinese electronics, you can still get a phone with all the extras (card slots, notification leds, headphone jacks, IR blasters).
I’m using an ulefone power armor 26, it’s a beast that’s overkill in every possible sense, but there are more normal phones from redmi or xiaomi that are every bit as good as a samsung or an iphone.
Do you think the ulefone is more durable than a xiaomi or oneplus? They do seem a bit overkill… How do you find apps, just dl from play store or f-droid and no issue?
The ulefone brands rugged lineup is definitely more durable than any normal consumer model. I’ve taken mine snorkeling up to ~10ft deep in the ocean several times, it is 100% waterproof. The only other Chinese brand I’ve had experience with was a Huawei that my brother loved. I can’t speak to the quality of xiaomi or oneplus since I haven’t gotten one due to the fact that they typically don’t have 4g band 71, which is what my carrier (tmobile) is using for their rural spectrum.
As far as apps, the ulefone runs stock android 13, the Google Play store is preloaded, and yeah I use fdroid as well.
I honestly have no problem with making everything go through USB C instead of a bunch of different ports, it’s the number of ports that’s the issue
Just give me 9 USB C ports and we’re good
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I did the painstaking task of organizing all of my cables last year. I had old VGAs, VGA-DP/HDMI adapters, v1 hdmi cables and a bunch of micro-b (worst form factor imo) usb charging cables. I put all the good cables together and labeled them. For the rest, I collect all of that ewaste in a box along with random lithium batteries and broken small electronics then make a semi annual trip to the local recycling center.
But which usb-c cable is the shitty usb 2.0 speed one that came with your phone and is only good for charging, and which cable is actually a good fast one for sending data, and what kind is that one you bought in an emergency one time because you were travelling and really needed a cable but the box only had Italian on it?
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Thank you! Same for phones. Why don’t you give me 2 USB C ports if you must take away my headphone jack? What if I want to change and listen to music?
Also it’s the highest form of bullshit that I can’t just plug two computers into each other with a USB C and transfer a file at like 10 gb/s.
In fact I have a conspiracy theory that they intentionally make sharing a file directly between two devices with no 3rd parties difficult so they can control and surveil what is shared more easily.
