Discontinued Feature (Samsung)

I will never forgive phone companies for abandoning the headphone jack.

Mine is the SD card ,I mean why ? I can buy a 512GB for installing apps only and keep the rest on my card,since I rarely use a pc when I'm up n about.

I mainly miss the removable battery from the S5.

I stopped buying phones after the S20 Ultra....BRING BACK THE SD CARD SLOT, or I'll buy a refurbished S20 next.

I love see that feature as well but I understand why they did it. It's because everything is Bluetooth and WiFi now and Samsung wouldn't be able to attract as many people to t I e full house and life eco system they have very successfully built based on Bluetooth and wifi which I am am a part of with a fridge that our hub, TV's, washing mashing and dryer, and robot vacuum that alll run through routines and smarthings at certain times of the day and night using ai to be the most efficient on power. Even our garage door is automatically open at just the right time to be fully open as we drive in and our front door unlocks 5 seconds before we see get to it just as when we leave home, Android auto is already connected and an alarm goes off in the car before we leave if a door is open or unlocked and we control any anywhere in the world that's joint to our smarthings system. It's impossible to lose my phone as my watch goes n nuts if it disconnect. I don't know of any other company on earth that has an empire like that

I have an iPhone and I'm so mad at Apple for removing the headphone jack because even though I use airpods, sometimes I just want the option to have wired headphones. And even though it's nice that Apple sells usb-c and headphone jack ones, most people still would have to buy an adapter because not every device they have has the same port. Like my phone is usb-c only, my switch is type c for charging plus a headphone jack, my 3ds only has a headphone jack, and my mac has both but I'd rather keep the type c ports free. I just wish we could go back to using the headphone jack as a standard, especially since space constraints aren't as much of a problem now that iPhones are bigger and thicker (except for the Air).

Also one thing that sucks about wireless headphones is that because they have batteries, they're almost always made with slave labor in the Congo. So like with most electronics, the best thing to do is buy used. But a lot of people avoid doing that because fake airpods are so common and people don't want to be putting someone else's used headphones in their ears. And since companies like Apple make them so hard to repair, it's hard to find refurbished wireless earbuds for cheap.

Basically, removing the headphone jack is a environmental and social disaster that also inconveniences everyone, and I really wish Apple would bring it back, even if it means making their phones thicker or bigger (and I say this as a small phone lover).

A cursory search would have shown you have current Android phones with IR blasters. I had a OnePlus Open foldable with it and the OnePlus 13 has one as well. Some other Chinese devices have it but I don’t know if they’re compatible with US carriers.

I miss physical keyboards, microSD card slots, headphone jacks, IR blasters.

When I had my Galaxy S4, my favorite feature was its built in thermometer. There was this cool little widget available in the Market, from Samsung, that'd display the ambient temperature in real time as I walked around. It was so much fun to step from the shade into the sunlight and watch that thing jump a few degrees!

I just use Google Home devices and integration. It's actually a lot better because I can do it from my phone anywhere. You can also setup smart actions.

If you want the A/C or Heat turned on at a certain time. The lights automatically turned on / off. Smart Plugs turning on and off to whatever you desire. I can turn on and off my TV with my voice. Play music through speakers. Etc.

I use it the most for my lights. When I go to bed, I just turn everything off with my voice.

I use my voice from anywhere in my house. I usually have my phone in my pocket, so it can follow commands anywhere I go.

It's not over Bluetooth. It's over your home Wifi connection.