Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoSmartphone buyers meh on AI, care much more about battery life - 9to5Mac9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1607arrow-down14cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldgadgets@lemmit.online
arrow-up1603arrow-down1external-linkSmartphone buyers meh on AI, care much more about battery life - 9to5Mac9to5mac.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square144fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldgadgets@lemmit.online
minus-squareZerthax@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down1·11 days agoThey also keep taking away features, like removable storage (microSD) and headphone jacks. There’s a few phones that have them, but it gets more difficult to find them as time goes on.
minus-squareTriflingToad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·edit-211 days agoCreate a problem, sell a solution. It’s so annoying. headphone jack -> sell bluetooth headphones microSD -> sell cloud storage
minus-squareZerthax@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days ago Create a problem, sell a solution Under the guise of “innovation”
minus-squarewick@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 days agoSony Xperia flagship has both. I think it’s the only Snapdragon 8g3 phone that does.
minus-squarej.downs :apple_inc:@bitbang.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days ago@Zerthax They’ll say they are responding to consumers who “want cloud storage and wireless headphones,” but options are always better, in my opinion.
They also keep taking away features, like removable storage (microSD) and headphone jacks. There’s a few phones that have them, but it gets more difficult to find them as time goes on.
Create a problem, sell a solution. It’s so annoying.
headphone jack -> sell bluetooth headphones
microSD -> sell cloud storage
Late stage capitalism
Under the guise of “innovation”
Sony Xperia flagship has both. I think it’s the only Snapdragon 8g3 phone that does.
@Zerthax They’ll say they are responding to consumers who “want cloud storage and wireless headphones,” but options are always better, in my opinion.