What recent phone design trend(s) do you really dislike?

413x · 8 Dec 2020 at 16:30

It's nice the FE I just got has no glass back

Annoyances

No led notification (I resisted this for a while but caved)

No headphone jack (number one annoyance)

Best camera = most expensive
I don't care about cpu etc I just want the best camera. I don't want the premium other hardware.

This phone has a punchhole. No issue

wesley · 8 Dec 2020 at 16:39

413x said:
It's nice the FE I just got has no glass back

Annoyances

No led notification (I resisted this for a while but caved)

No headphone jack (number one annoyance)

Best camera = most expensive
I don't care about cpu etc I just want the best camera. I don't want the premium other hardware.

This phone has a punchhole. No issue

Still need good CPU to process high quality image taken from good camera.

413x · 8 Dec 2020 at 16:40

wesley said:
Still need good CPU to process high quality image taken from good camera.

Surely that's just a time factor? It just takes longer with a slower cpu?

413x · 8 Dec 2020 at 16:42

Als . I don't like these really tall phones. The fold and the Sony new one are way too narrow and tall

wesley · 8 Dec 2020 at 16:42

413x said:
Surely that's just a time factor? It just takes longer with a slower cpu?

Don't forget about the videoing too, high FPS and high resolution will require good CPU to process

cheesyboy · 8 Dec 2020 at 16:54

Curved screens
notches
and holepunches (I'll take a small bezel)
No jack
size inflation (more than happy with a 5" screen)
Tall/narrow screens

Rimsy · 8 Dec 2020 at 23:16

For me it's the obsession with "all screen" phones... Give me small bezels along the top and bottom that actually house things like face unlock sensors, RGB LED, decent speakers.
The amount of things we've lost as users all because we apparently all want form over function is nuts!

krooton · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:11

This why I love my Poco F2 Pro

No holes/notches
Mechanized selfie-cam (not that I use it) so nice thin bezels
RGB notification LED
3.5mm jack

The only aspects I would change would be to make it lighter, and waterproof. Even an SD card isn't a deal-breaker any more as 128GB is plenty.

Oh, and under-screen fingerprint reader isn't as good a a dedicated one, but not enough to really matter.

413x · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:18

A lot of phones I have to discount as I need waterproofing

SexyGreyFox · 9 Dec 2020 at 16:44

Scam said:
With headphone jacks and Android One / vanilla?

The Sony Xperia is 6.1" with headphone socket and I think the OS is OK.
It is also amazing with music, it's as good as my DAP player.

Glass backs don't bother me, for at least two years I found the wonderful flip covers and I wouldn't have anything else now.

Angerer · 10 Dec 2020 at 01:37

krooton said:
This why I love my Poco F2 Pro

No holes/notches
Mechanized selfie-cam (not that I use it) so nice thin bezels
RGB notification LED
3.5mm jack

The only aspects I would change would be to make it lighter, and waterproof. Even an SD card isn't a deal-breaker any more as 128GB is plenty.

Oh, and under-screen fingerprint reader isn't as good a a dedicated one, but not enough to really matter.

Love my Poco F2 Pro, hearing android 11 coming this month. =)

krooton · 10 Dec 2020 at 08:39

413x said:
A lot of phones I have to discount as I need waterproofing

Whilst nice, I have to keep in mind that I have NEVER had a waterproof phone in 22 years of having mobiles, and have also never had an issue with any sort of water damage.

413x · 10 Dec 2020 at 08:53

krooton said:
Whilst nice, I have to keep in mind that I have NEVER had a waterproof phone in 22 years of having mobiles, and have also never had an issue with any sort of water damage.

Yeah I only need it because I go on the water a lot . Otherwise I wouldn't bother

wesley · 10 Dec 2020 at 09:05

413x said:
Yeah I only need it because I go on the water a lot . Otherwise I wouldn't bother

perhaps get a gopro. thats what its for.

SexyGreyFox · 10 Dec 2020 at 09:27

Angerer said:
Love my Poco F2 Pro, hearing android 11 coming this month. =)

When I was recently making a potential list of phones in the 500 to 600 bracket the Poco was high on the list. I made my choice and I'm very happy however a couple of weeks ago it was on sale for £259. I nearly bought one as a backup.

413x · 10 Dec 2020 at 16:23

wesley said:
perhaps get a gopro. thats what its for.

I always forget it!

Angerer · 11 Dec 2020 at 00:21

SexyGreyFox said:
When I was recently making a potential list of phones in the 500 to 600 bracket the Poco was high on the list. I made my choice and I'm very happy however a couple of weeks ago it was on sale for £259. I nearly bought one as a backup.

Yep the price has dropped a hell of a lot.

I paid £499 for 8gb/256gb from Xiaomi.com/uk back in July, no regrets at all, superb phone imo.

DeliciousStorage · 11 Dec 2020 at 00:48

Angerer said:
Yep the price has dropped a hell of a lot.

I paid £499 for 8gb/256gb from Xiaomi.com/uk back in July, no regrets at all, superb phone imo.

I paid £299 for the 8GB/256GB version in November, excellent phone but I have no regrets waiting for the price to come down.

Angerer · 11 Dec 2020 at 05:42

DeliciousStorage said:
I paid £299 for the 8GB/256GB version in November, excellent phone but I have no regrets waiting for the price to come down.

Smart move, I had no idea it would drop so low so quick, eh never mind live and learn

Smeghead · 11 Dec 2020 at 08:40

Non-user removable battery
Removal of headphone jack
Notch/holepunch
Curved screens
Increasingly outrageous prices
General removal of features that were present in previous generations of said device

It's the general reduction of features which really really irks me. Technology should be improved, built on the past generations. Why would you reduce the battery capacity for the 'latest' device? Get rid of expandable storage? Get rid of the headphone jack? Now there's talks of removing ports. For what? So you can use garbage, inefficient, slow wireless charging?