Had a Sony Ericsson (early Xperia, not one of 'em old dumbphones) where the micro-usb would plug into one side and headphones into the other (left and right side, that is). Pretty comfy to use with both a charger and headphones at the same time.
Every single phone after that has been charger at bottom and headphone jack at top or not at all. Massive downgrade IMO.
Its obviously a conspiracy to buy more cables that get damaged when you inevitably bend it when you use and charge it.
phones should charge wirelessly while they’re in my pocket or being held.
Not happening
Or just allow the phone to rotate 180°
Cyanogen mod gang goes “what, you’re phone doesn’t do that?”
Fuck safety net, I was doing that in 2014 but can’t do it anymore.
I kinda thought mine did but maybe im not paying attention.
They mean on its other axis
no I mean thought it would rotate through a complete rotation and i can have either side be the bottom. I really hate smartphones though and got it for work which I have not had in almost two years. I use it as a phone but have it off the large majority of the time.
That’s true what I was suggesting was.impossible anyway
Directly into the back like Apple mice.
/duck
Middle of the screen, mate.
If we also get a battery that lasts 2 months with that, I’d take it.
They’re on the bottom so that they work with docking devices.
I’ve seen a few phones that have two ports, a bottom and a side port that both with for charging. I’ve only noticed that on gaming phones, though.
Why? My outlet is lower than my phone in almost every instance, so my voted going down towards the charger makes the most sense.
Besides, my IR Blaster, mic, and 3.5mm jack are at the top 😁
Have you found an app that still works with an IR blaster? My phone has one, but none of the apps work anymore.
I’ve kept my old TCL phone around as a remote at home bc the app worked so well and was easy to use. I just realized it’s not available in the Play store, nor apk pure for historical availability. I cannot hold down the icon to share. When I browse the file explorer I see the app but it doesn’t give me anything to view to copy… I wish I could share it!!
It’s frustrating. My phone is fairly new, but also has the IR emitter. In a perfect world, I would set it up as a “TVbGone” type setup. Unfortunately all the apps have disappeared from the play store. Also, all the GitHub repositories are so old they don’t work with modern android.
What do you have? A Samsung note 4? Wasn’t that the last phone that had a ir blaster?
I’ve got a ulefone 27T pro. It carries a lot of weird functions, despite being a modern phone.
My Oneplus 12 has one too.
I have a xiaomi 14 which has one, I think the non western brands have them still
I’m jealous lol I miss mine
is samsung considerd a “western brand”? what does this even mean?
I guess they means non-Chinese/Chinese aligned.
Alternatively, they could mean the ones popular in or marketed to the west.
Yes
Look at this fancy motherfucker with his fancy motherfucking headphone jack…
Hell yeah 😎
Mine is above where I tend to charge my phone.
Might just be a me problem
When smartphones were new you used to be able to turn them upside down and the screen would just rotate. Now you have to download an app to do that, and it doesn’t always work.
It’s literally a setting in android OS.
Where is that setting? I’m running Pixel 9a
Not standard. I’m running a stock Pixel and it’s never been an option. Some third party AOSP forks add it in, though.
Holy shit I never really noticed I can’t turn my iphone upside down lol. My first gen iPad rotates at any direction, but I’m guessing tablets behave differently. I don’t own a more recent tablet so I don’t know if that’s still the case. But you’re right, I remember my first smartphone could rotate at any direction.
I can still do this with my FP4 running e/OS. Just had to put a checkmark at 180° in the rotation settings.
Samsung Galaxy s1 had exactly that Even came with a sliding port cover
I don’t even like the few phones I had with the headphone jack on the top.
This would be a good post for !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world as long as you expand on why you think that.
I just don’t like the cord running on my arm etc when I use the phone while plugged in
Then move the cable away from your arm
Or charge it while you’re not using it
It’s stuck to a thing that’s in your hand. From the bottom.
You hold your phone from the bottom? Like an ice cream cone, or what?
When it’s not plugged in I usually have my pinky across the USB C port at the bottom.
Is it a problem when it’s plugged in? Are you using it every moment of every day?
Obviously not, but when it is plugged into my computer it is annoying (I have an old phone that a micro USB port in the top left, which is far more convenient for that but also considerably slower), same goes for when it’s low on charge but I still need to do something.
Same way I was holding my phone as I read this
I just hold it by the USB cable like a microphone.
Years ago I had these little magnetic lugs that you popped into the charge port and the cable just snapped onto the little magnet. Always thought I’d be cool to have a phone case with a track all the way around the phone so that the magnet cable could pop anywhere and the would charge off it. Then it’s always where it’s most convenient instead of right where you don’t want it.
That’s a fun idea, though we’re more likely to get room distance wireless charging.
Can’t wait for my pockets to be microwaved everytime I pass through my living room.Not sure if you were doing hyperbole or not, but room distance wireless charging is never going to happen.
Too little too late. I already went through my vasectomy.
Congrats! 👍
That is a cool idea.
Sounds neat.
What? No.
If you have an android just turn your phone upside down and the screen flips over 🤷
Depends on your particular device. Mine will go 90° but not 180°.
Check the rotations settings. It’s off by default.
That is not a standard Android setting. It is only available in certain Android skins like LineageOS. GrapheneOS, for example, does not offer that setting for whatever reason.
Graphene doesn’t have it? Unusable.
Yes. But I’m sure there’s also an app for that.
My s24 only goes 180 it seems
My A25 only goes 90° nowadays, it seems.
If you have an android install Rotation Orientation Manager. You can have your phone work upside down. Now that phones are pretty much bezel-less it doesn’t make a difference how you hold it
Except for the under display fingerprint reader, the front camera, the back camera, the volume and power button locations, the speakers, shall I go on?
The cameras and speakers will work fine with the phone upside down. Your pictures will just be at a slightly different perspective.
Everything else mentioned you got a point with.
It has little more nyance than that.
Most phones now days have camera set up so your fingers dont obfuscate the camera lences or smudge them when you hold it on your hand. Same with the front camera. If it it would be on the bottom part the navigation buttons would go over it --> more smudge on thr lense.
With buttons there is the design principle that buttons should work always similarry. Flipping the phone would flip volume settings, buttons and any ports. (Its a minor thing, but i think everyone has somepoint in their life used a software where buttons chance places depending what you are doing and its annoying. This is basically hardware version of that).
No reason here is not really hard to circumvent or even a real problem, but in the end, so small percentage of people need that feature, so why spend time doing it. Especially when it indroduces one new thing that needs to be debugged.
Agreed, and you should be turning your phone sideways for most photos and videos anyway!
I often then my phone upside down to get shots with the cameras at the bottom, too. Especially cat photos!
Except then you get the “jelly screen” effect
Why isn’t wireless charging more common?
It’s horribly inefficient. I refuse to use it!
How do I hold my phone while it’s sitting on a wireless charger?
You don’t, but I at least rarely use my phone while it’s charging anyway.
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