• toastal@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Which of these smart phones lets me have a headphone jack… ’cause that is how I will choose. I can patch software & be wary about how I use the device, but I can’t just add I/O to the hardware. Until the Pixel brings back the jack, it is dead to me.

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      2 months ago

      I got a Nokia XR20 because of this. Also waterproof and rugged. A phone that needs a case to survive the hairless monkeys dropping it is a design failure and completely unacceptable.

      Just wish I could use proper software with it.

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      2 months ago

      None basically. There’s a Sony phone has LineageOS (including +microg variant) support, but it’s not ideal either.

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        2 months ago

        And that is exactly what I am running—and without regret since the OEMs are screwing over users just to sell branded Bluetooth earbuds whose batteries will die & not be repairable in a year for you to buy another set. I will not participate in this.