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I went through my late teens as the initial smart phone boom was happening. I had a Motorola q that could get TV channels and had a keyboard. I had the enV that flipped open. And many androids/blackberries that I loved for their unique form factor and functionality.

I have never balked at spending money on a phone and for a long time i felt locked into generic flagship devices. With the debut of folding screens I feel like my appetite for unique devices rekindled. I think the power of android lies in its diversity of implementation.

So what features and functionalities would you choose over the next flagship release?

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[–] Drewelite@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A phone without the actual phone part. Just SMS/MMS. Maybe a notification that someone tried to call

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[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The literal only thing keeping me on iOS/MacOS is the system wide glass transparency, continuity, and the battery life. I wish to Christ that Android/Windows/Linux would get their shit together.

My ideal system would be Android + Ubuntu with full glass UI and continuity between them.

[–] MucherBucher@feddit.de -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So, your killer criteria are glass UI? I do agree on Windows Laptop battery life.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Emphatically, yes. Glass UI is the most polished design paradigm ever created. Flat and opaque just looks really boring and doesn’t make me want to use the UI; it just screams low quality to me.

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[–] Jean_Lurk_Picard@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whenever I buy a phone there's two function I look for that is getting phased out: LED indicator and a 3.5mm audio jack. It's why I have a Sony Xperia. The thing is there's no user configuration for the LED indicator. You either need to pay for a third party app or unlock the bootloader and install a custom firmware. I would love if a flagship phone had an LED Indicstor that was customizable. i.e. Blue for a text, Red for an email, Green for battery at 80%+, etc.

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[–] Xperr7@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

Slide out controller, like the Xperia Play. I've gotten super into (at least the idea of) SBC handheld gaming, and there's just nothing quite like the Xperia Play now. Sure, there's bluetooth controllers, but I'm not a big fan of bluetooth, and the majority of the bluetooth controllers make portability a pain rather than it being a sleek package.

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
  • Slim form factor
  • No notch
  • No camera bump, even if at a cost in camera quality.
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[–] trimmerfrost@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Aluminium back instead of plastic or glass

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Something interesting. Like 2 USB-C ports, also a nice hard plastic back, since they are so hard to find now.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh I forgot, a clamshell folding phone but with only one screen and the other side is a physical keyboard, like a mini-laptop.

Nobody seems really know how to do a folding screen well, so why have the screen fold at all?

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[–] croobat@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One without a damn camera, I swear to God most of the price goes into having "quality cameras" I never end up using.

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[–] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I will never buy a phone that doesn't have GrapheneOS, so that limits me to Pixels.

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[–] sideways11@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

I got a Samsung note and can't go back to a non-stylus phone now. my fingers are too fat to press keys accurately. not a niche feature I know but I also would definitely buy any stylus phone that also had an SD card slot. the note 20 ultra last the last two have it and I won't be upgrading ever unless someone invents case technology to incorporate SD card slots

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