• xep@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    Premium phones make little sense, based on what I’ve seen everyone puts them in cases anyway. “Premium materials” are slippery and “premium thinness” results in insufficient battery capacity so accessories like phone rings get put on them, and people carry around external battery packs.

    Why not just make a grippy, practical phone that I can use as a tool, with removable batteries, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and expandable memory?

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      5 months ago

      Because that phone would last and you would only need a new one every 4-5 or however many years instead of 1-2 so capitalist companies won’t see that as having any value.

      I think companies know what people want and how to make a great phone like that, just none of them will or want to be the first.

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      5 months ago

      The only thing premium phones have going for them are really good cameras. I love midrange phones but the photos they produce are not as good as flagships.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t need the audio jack, but I guess it doesn’t hurt. There are phones that have all that, but unfortunately they are at most mid-range phones which isn’t what I’m looking for.

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      5 months ago

      so fairphone?, look it up, it’s a phone maker that do exactly that

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        5 months ago

        Unfortunately, they have minimal support for US frequencies. The US market is dominated by disgustingly expensive flagships, and severely compromised midrange and budget offerings.