Phones are getting WORSE

[@TheZoenGaming]

The S10 had a headphone jack, expandable storage, and was waterproof with an IP68 rating. It's battery was only 500 mAh smaller than the S23 with all those features.

[@isaiah123456wp7]

right?!?! what nonsense is Mat going on about? Even the Samsung Xcover 6 Pro of today has an SD card, headphone jack, and even removable battery. Only thing it doesn't have is wireless charging.

[@CosmjcBurrito]

This

[@ThaexakaMavro]

and one of the slimmest phone ever

[@mromutt]

What got me is he followed all that up with wired headphones cant have anc LOL like anc wasn't on headphones before we had wireless ones XD my first anc headphones were only wired and ate aaa's!

[@TheZoenGaming]

@@mromutt Yeah, I had a pair of Sony cans with ANC that had a second cord for power. Matt talks out of his ass, like, a lot.

[@ikuturso7570]

Sony has had headphone jack, sd-slot, big batteries and waterproofing in their phones for the last 5 or so years so there is really no reason to leave those out except cost cutting i.e. profit maximizing.

[@lightbrownwolf]

the samsung galaxy xcover phones have all of that as well

[@BoCominputMaans-k5z]

hehe errrtttttt!!!!!!

[@SphericalMoo]

iPhones are getting hella boring ngl

[@Azex824]

just switched to s24 ultra, never going back lol

[@SphericalMoo]

@@Azex824 it’s really good, I’m dailying my s24u atm since iOS 18 is a bad on battery and it’s overhyped imo

[@beefbmx]

That’s because most people take their power for granted and don’t realize how you could fully utilize the device, so really they’re paying for much more than they need.

[@Excalibur_Plays0_0]

Exactly I still use a samsung galaxy note 10 plus aka the best samsung phone to exist

[@yoyowatupimawsome]

Thanks Internet Explorer !

[@KdawgThegreat]

Not true about the headphone jack not being waterproof! I have had plenty of phones that were IP 89 rated with headphone jacks that I have brought swimming in the ocean several meters deep and they worked perfectly fine! That is not an excuse!

[@mromutt]

Yeah only the old style cheapo jacks had the hole in the bottom. Most jacks now are soild boxes and can easily be sealed for at least dropping a phone in a few feet of water. It's not like it is any less sealable than the power port lol.

[@tamwilfred]

The Samsung s5 had an IP67 rating.

[@mromutt]

@@tamwilfred yeah can confirm my s5 had an o ring on the back cover for the battery and everything

[@StuartGelin]

IP89 doesn't exist.

[@hamzasultan96]

These guys are proof that you can just ramble and rant and get subs and views on KZbin. If the headphone jack was holding back waterproofing......I guess we should ask for the removal of the charge and data port too. You can always fit a bigger battery without removing ports and slots if you stop worrying about breaking thin phone records.

[@yt500pmd]

Ask and you will receive! Wait until the next iphone removes the changer port

[@user-xg6zz8qs3q]

The Samsung Xcover 7 shows that you can have a removable battery, a headphone jack and waterproofing in a brand new phone.

[@TheToasterPope]

Further proof that it's not necessary to remove it is that my IP69K phone has a headphone jack.

[@Cluelessracing]

The SD card do not take up any extra space look at the s20 series, where the SD card is on the opposite side of the sim, so that remove SD card for space is bullshit.

[@himynameisryan]

There’s also the internal reader for the SD that takes space But personally I think the real reason is cameras no send through so much data a microsd can’t keep up

[@Cluelessracing]

@@himynameisryan from opening the s20 no it doesn't.

[@himynameisryan]

@@Cluelessracing it has a reader inside. The reader takes space. It may not be much space, maybe just a few pins on the board, but in a phone every mm counts

[@Cluelessracing]

@@himynameisryan yes but not enough to warrant the removal of it.

[@mromutt]

@@himynameisryan Modern micro sd cards can record 4k60 footage no problem, I dont think phone cameras are going to really be a problem for them as long as you are not buying the cheapest card you can get. Its all about reading the specs.

[@sithminkodikara8054]

It gets to a point where majority of the good stuff have already been done to the phone. All they really need to do is upgrade the internals to perform better.

[@NotYours-bp5fx]

To perform better, Exactly how much power and performance do you people need to browse the internet and use apps.? Phones have been plenty powerful enough since 2018.

[@mromutt]

Really all they have left to do is make it cheaper and more efficient using less power to do the same things. Eventually doing that will lead to a new designs that can take advantage of those improvements (like rolling phones and clear phones)

[@TheMicro4]

It would also be nice to have modern smart phones in dumb phone shells from the past or Dumb phones that have modern guts to do basic tasks but have modern network access.

[@tamwilfred]

@@NotYours-bp5fx I believe only a small fraction actually utilize the full performance capabilities. Personally, I use my S24 Ultra akin to a computer, connecting it to monitors and keyboards. However, it's likely that the majority would be content with a mid-range or budget smartphone.

[@CGGS_0]

Upgrade the internals to perform better? What have we've used our phones differently compared to 10 years ago?

[@tyfighter4509]

Literally search engines Are worse iPhones are slower Batteries are weaker The amount of scammy product advancements (iPhone charger cables or Samsung fat batteries) has got me missing the Nokia. I’m going off the system soon

[@michaelangeloabarreto4588]

Galaxy S7 until GS10 had headphone jacks and were also waterproofed. Apple removed the headphone jack to create a problem and sell you the solution. Actually everything that has been removed is because of this. You can tell this is the case because they removed it from things like the tablets which wouldn't have these supposed limitations.

[@None17555]

Exactly! Though it actually started with the Galaxy S5.

[@juliawolf156]

Oh no! The SD card slot is missing! But i need more space! Oh well, i need a subscription for cloud storage.

[@CGGS_0]

@@juliawolf156 Wait, until' you don't have cellular data/internet connection. Cloud Storage is enitrely useless if you don't have the afformention to be able to use it.

[@aguynamedjairo]

My problem with not having SD cards comes from having a ton of things on mine. I don't just have tons of videos and photos, ive got ROMs i use for mainly GBA or PSP emulation while I'm on the go. And that quickly adds up too if you also download disney+ movies for offline viewing. From a 512gb micro SD, I've got about 320gb left. Not just that, transferring from one phone to another, its very nice being able to just put my SD card into my new phone and having everything quickly accessible.

[@himynameisryan]

You could just buy a 1tb phone

[@mromutt]

Moving the sd over to a new phone is actually a huge one for me. My newest phone didnt have a slot and it was a pain in the ass for me.

[@himynameisryan]

@@mromutt when going iPhone to iPhone and Samsung to Samsung it moves everything for you and shouldn’t be an issue

[@mromutt]

@@himynameisryan not if you are moving a lot of stuff. I am not waiting for phone to phone transfer of 70gb of music XD

[@himynameisryan]

@@mromutt I mean the way it’s handled iPhone to iPhone is that when you’re switching phones Apple temporarily gives you extra iCloud storage so you don’t have to pay You backup your phone the night before(assuming you don’t have an iCloud backup or a backup using your computer already) Then everything downloads in the background once you setup your new phone Then going Samsung to Samsung it’s much the same except you have to pay for OneDrive storage, they don’t temporarily give you free extra storage For example my personal phones each have around 720gb of photos and videos of my dogs and whether I’m upgrading my iPhone or my Samsung it all happens automatically. No need to switch an sd card over, the things just appear where they were on the old phone from a cloud backup no problem. The initial download of transferring settings and Home Screen can take about 30 minutes but that’s all the waiting there is So arguably the convenience of just tapping the old iPhone to the new iPhone is even greater than that of an sd card

[@dougcook3174]

I had an HTC One in 2013. I dropped it down a drainage grate. Several months later campus security got in touch to give me my phone back. It had some minor water damage, but it ended up working for another year after I got it back lol. I miss that phone all the time, the people in it more.

[@Dale-TND]

Remove the headphone jack is the first step, remove the screen and that will give you extra room for even bigger battery!

[@yue5742]

Honestly I don't mind the missing headphone jack. Most phones have crappy build in DAC/AMP that is too weak to drive high end headphones anyways. If I wan't audio quality I would get an external USB-C DAC dongle or DAC/AMP with its own power source instead

[@kingzach74]

@@yue5742 The LG V60 had/has a very respectable Quad DAC, IP68 water resistance, an SD card slot, and a Dual-Screen case.

[@yue5742]

@@kingzach74 Yeah. But 95% of other Android phones, including Xperia have crappy built in DAC/AMP. I am using an Xperia 1 IV now which is probably the very few mainstream modern smartphone with a headphone jack but I never directly plugged in my headphone into it. I almost always use a fiio BTR5 via USB-C or sometimes Bluetooth to drive my HD600

[@Sorakorra]

Matt i respectfully disagree on the trade off of headphone jacks for bigger batteries. They can always make the phone a little thicker to accommodate a bigger batteryy. Might even get rid the camera bump in the process

[@banishedepsilon1802]

I really hate how if I want to have good camera quality, I have to go with a flagship phone that doesn't have an SD card slot to store all my higher quality (and therefore higher storage requirement) photos and videos.

[@banishedepsilon1802]

It's really backwards that Samsung budget and mid-ranger phones have SD card slots, but the more expensive flagships with good cameras don't.

[@TheElementSwing]

@@banishedepsilon1802 Im sure apple will eventually have a proprietary magsafe pad with a microsd in it and charge 100$ per pack. *8k Pro Res Video available now. Only with 100$ magsafe microsd pad + 100$ 200gb apple branded micro sd card. That will be 200$ for 8k please.

[@himynameisryan]

In modern phones the cameras record so much data that microSD’s are too slow for modern cameras Even in actual cameras, regular SD cards were phased out for UHSII and then now CF express are becoming more common That’s why on pro iPhones from the 15 and up, some SSD’s allow you to record in the highest quality and some don’t

[@samenjaimy]

@himynameisryan or perhaps you can copy them to the SD card? Or maybe the phone can do it automatically after saving a video/photo? They just don't want to do it

[@SpardasTechReviews]

You don't though, aside from them not having sd card support there are plenty of 500 dollar phones that have good cameras, and if not the flagship chip from this year, it's at least a year old. Sure, you have to pay full price for them and can't get them through a carrier, but the newest xiaomi and vivo mid rangers work no problem and have good cameras.

[@JessieTheBeagle]

Phone cost? Will you use this phone in all its glory. To justify the cost. That's the question. What am I getting over the last couple of years to justify the jump.

[@Deja117]

Probably not, but then there's the argument of future proofing so you can keep up with the ever-changing landscape of apps and software with a faster device. Which is a moot point when you realise the cost will go down by the time you need the device.

[@patrickcardon1643]

Less repairable and expandable phones ... that's for sure, why would you buy the new more expensive otherwise?

[@rf7854]

U know it’s bad when u can’t sit through review of the phone

[@Gurenn83]

1. Remove headphone jack 2. Sell more expensive wireless earbuds 1. Remove SD card 2. Force users to buy 512GB or 1TB or use their cloud storage subscription 1. Remove the charging brick 2. Sell them the charging brick we removed 1. Say NO to foldables 2. So we can sell our ipads

[@Bravetreee]

Wow😮 thanks for sharing!

[@americanbigelow]

I think your color E-Ink on the back idea is amazing.

[@zZKableZz]

Getting rid of the headphone jack is no excuse of not enough space. Apple put a PLASTIC BLOCK in iPhones in the location where the Sim tray used to be. Then there is Samsung who puts an Entire Stylus in their phones with no issues….

[@turboboy0]

i want the headphone jack and removable batteries back. i have never had a phone ruined by water and i started waaaaaaay back in the day. im 53 now.

[@mromutt]

I remember all my smartphones with removable backs for batteries had big o rings in the cover for just this. I also never had a phone die to water but I see people's modern phones especially iphones dying because they got slightly splashed even though they are sealed.

[@patrickcardon1643]

Wireless charging is less efficient, pointless. Removable battery and storage however let's you reload and be back up in a minute or two. Your battery is used up? Pop a new one in. Then again, they charge you more and more for less and less repairable phones and you have to buy it all over again instead of just swapping out the thing that is used up fastest ... the bl**dy battery

[@turboboy0]

@@patrickcardon1643 I used my Samsung galaxy s5 for a VERY long time. I don’t know how many batteries I replaced in all of those years.

[@ChavaGrace-c5h]

There is waterproof phones with removable backs too, lol.

[@bmlsayshi]

I would buy a new version of that HTC in a heartbeat. Curved back, all aluminum, removable battery, expandable storage, headphone jack, forward facing speakers, and symmetrical design all add up to a great phone. I wouldn't miss water resistance nor wireless charging.

[@keithbrown7685]

And if they could please not have any notches or islands or pinholes or teardrops or cutouts, or any warts on the screen whatsoever, that would be fantastic, imo.

[@suyash3nov]

It’s a shame that small phones are dying. I am from India and I couldn’t find Asus Zenfone 10 here so I got one called from the US. Gotta say it’s a fine device that fits way more than it should be able to, with all the features you’d expect from a flagship. I hope companies realise the growing niche of compact smartphone users and start making flagship level phones in this segment. (I know the sales numbers didn’t show it but I believe that’s changing since every phone is a big phone now and compact choices are slim)

[@QuoLiberoInTotam]

Sorry larger battery ... for a headphone jack it not a good compromise. My last phone and current is 4000mah... it lasts all day. It has a stylus, it has a headphone jack, it has 512GB removable storage, it has IP 68 waterproofing and it is from 2018. So, no I will be hanging on to this phone for as long as I can. And with the EU basically forcing headphone jack, USB C and removable batteries back into phone. I will just wait.

[@kingzach74]

Which phone is that? A Samsung note device?

[@QuoLiberoInTotam]

@@kingzach74 note 9

[@patrickcardon1643]

My Note Edge had removable battery, SD card, stylus and a really useful rounded edge (the new phones have rounded edges just for looks that give you more false readings than a flat screen). Was the best phone I ever used together with a BlackBerry with a real keyboard. Usable, functional, expandable, repairable. My current Note 10+ is OK, but not as useful as the Edge. Bling has taken over

[@DavidS.Pumpkin]

I've had my z fold for a week. Just cause of you and your flipping flip. I am enjoying it.

[@patrickcardon1643]

Let us know how long before that screen is toast on the folding line ;)

[@yt500pmd]

I call shenanigans! Galaxy S5 circa 2014 had an IP67 rating WITH a headphone jack, expandable storage, IR Blaster & a removable battery!

[@Swank2387]

I loved the htc phones animated weather. It was by far one of my favorite phones ever.

[@Simalacrum]

Tbh I would like to see the life cycle of smartphones slow down: new phone every 3-4 years instead of every single year. Other tech sectors like dedicated cameras, videogame consoles, tablets, laptops etc. seem to survive perfectly fine without a major update every single year. I would much prefer that tech companies were more honest about the fact that these updates are incremental. If companies need to refresh their lineup, maybe release new colour waves once a year?

[@isaiah123456wp7]

What nonsense is Mat going on about? Even the Samsung Xcover 6 Pro of today has an SD card, headphone jack, and even removable battery. Only thing it doesn't have is wireless charging.

[@sabatory]

Why not have a plastic back , maybe carbon fiber?

[@rajatrana2308]

Me watching this video on my phone with headphones🤣🤣🤣

[@Peter-z5f]

Samsung's X-Cover series shows that it's possible to have water resistance with a removable battery and a headphone jack.

[@juliawolf156]

The Galaxy S5 had waterproofing, a headphone jack, removable storage, removable battery and sensors to tell the user if the lid is still open to make sure that waterproofing is actually established. We could have taken all of that and iterated on this design. I mean Samsung did but instead of keeping all of this they glued everything shut with the following models. My point is: WE HAD ALL OF THIS FIGURED OUT! And yeah we have bigger batteries but what use are bigger batteries for if apps keep getting more bloated. Sure i have a massive battery in my iPhone but if i didn‘t have an Adblocker in Vivaldi for iOS, my effective watch time would be probably less than what my X10 Mini Pro could do way back then.

[@rexila]

Samsung had waterproof head phones with headphone jack. bullshit

[@H4554Nx]

S8

[@TheToasterPope]

I use a Nokia XR21 and it has a headphone jack, IP69K waterproofing, a physical sim card tray, the battery is more than enough to get through the day on one charge, and it's basically indestructible. It's a fairly new phone that checks all the boxes while still running the latest version of Android.

[@101spacecase]

I've had my current phone for going on 10 years. It's a moto g stylus 128 gb storage snapdragon processor. Non 5g is the only downside.

[@tonycorbell9771]

Shout to the Nothing Phone 2A Plus! No glass back in exchange for no wireless charging. I really enjoy the interface as well

[@CLouDBRoS]

Regarding removing features, I'm OK with it but the issue is that those changes are made before the market is ready for them. When removable batteries started, the new one didn't last most of the day, portable batteries were expensive and charging was slow so finding somewhere to charge was complicated because you needed more time. Now charging is faster, batteries are bigger and external batteries are cheap. When the headphone jack was removed, bt headsets were not good and the good ones were really expensive, the usb c adapters were also not that great and lose quality of the audio. Now bt headsets are better and cheaper, adapters work well too. I'm still mad about the micro ad cards because there are no improvements since it was removed besides cloud. Phones still come with small storage , apps, files and videos are heavier everyday. The only solution is cloud storage or like 100 extra just for a 256 or 512 version.

[@kingzach74]

Only improvement I can see is faster internal storage, not necessarily more internal storage.

[@patrickcardon1643]

BT headphones means more batteries, which wear out, and are also non removable ... so more ewaste. I can still use my 25 year old Sony headphones with a plug ... only thing I need to change on those is a new soft cushion every 10 years. And they sound great

[@juliawolf156]

Well… now we have batteries lasting us all day. Too bad that this will only hold true for slightly more than 2 years and i as a user cannot easily swap a battery in anymore should the day come.

[@yue5742]

I wish there is a mainstream phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard. When blackberry went under everyone just thought that no one in the world wanted phones with physical keyboards anymore. I think that is just not the case though

[@cbm_doomworld]

unihertz titan pocket

[@patrickcardon1643]

@@cbm_doomworld Had a quick look, need to check it out further. Looks good at first sight. Absolutely hate on-screen keyboards, even more on my Note 10 with rounded edges, so many errors on the keys at the edges. Not even talking about the crappy autocorrect that is overzealous or a complete idiot. Not sure if it's my memory getting old, or if the autocorrect in the past wasn't better

[@WeatherMan2005]

i have a feeling they wouldnt sell all too well but who knows

[@yue5742]

@@cbm_doomworld Sadly unihertz is not a mainstream brand. Non mainstream phones come with its own set of challenges mainly in terms of longevity. Software updates definitely not even comparable to the likes of Samsung and availability of spare parts like battery after 2-3 years after the phone release is questionable

[@legendman97]

For regular folk that hold to their phones for more than 3-4 years, it is quite exciting

[@samenjaimy]

I personally disagree. I just got a Galaxy S24 a month ago and I'm missing my Galaxy S10+

[@mromutt]

@@samenjaimy All these years later and I still kind of wish I could still just use my s8+ so I get it. I have a new battery and everything in it but the os is old and doesnt get security updates, I would put a new os on it but no one can put one on the model lol.

[@samenjaimy]

@mromutt S8+ was the phone I had before the S10+ and it was great honestly. I sold it because the screen broke which was really expensive to get repaired. Some time before that, I had an HTC One M8 and from the phones I've had, that one is still my favourite

[@michaelmayers3622]

Fact espically if u hop between midrange mostly ,flagship midrange, and flagships

[@WeatherMan2005]

im on a midrange from 2020 and all samsung or apple phones look boring as heck

[@deyeatdapoopoo7582]

Matt going off saying nonsense yet again. The LG V60, which is still my daily driver and the phone I will keep the longest for unless it breaks, has a headphone jack (with excellent sound quality), supports expandable storage up to 1TB via microSD card, has a 5000mAh battery, wireless charging, and IP68 water resistance. It's gotten splashed with water and rained on multiple times and it still functions the same as the day I bought it.

[@KJRob30]

Moto's still have huge batteries and headphone jacks. It can still be practical. I use my headphone jack in the car for the aux input on my radio. At home I do use buds.

[@HearMeLearn]

headphone jack for the car is pointless because you can just use android auto/carplay and get the same thing but a lot better. and yes you can do this even in older cars, I installed a carplay stereo into my 2011 and now it''s basically the same as any 2020 car

[@WeatherMan2005]

@@HearMeLearn i dont agree

[@HearMeLearn]

@@WeatherMan2005 oh okay

[@KJRob30]

@@HearMeLearn I don't have a smart head unit. Don't see the need for it.

[@BalfourDeclaration1917]

Since I can't afford a new iPhone I can only speak with a budget Android phone in mind. Some of these phones (

[@TetraSky]

I guess I am not "most people"... I still put my music on my phone. I got 60GB per month of data, I don't care. I don't want to listen to ads while listening to my music in the car and I ain't paying to get rid of them. Plus, I also put pictures and what not straight on the sdcard. Why ? Because I can experiment, mess up, format the phone and be back in business without needing to transfer all my data first.

[@WeatherMan2005]

well. there is another way to remove ads for free...

[@annonymat]

OMG, the takes aren't just bad, they are flat out wrong. Phones like the Nokia XR20 and Samsung Galaxy A55 5G both feature the same water resistance than the iPhone while having a headphone jack and removable storage. I don't mind an e-sim, but yeah, the headphone jack would be a sweet return, since I either use dongles or spend extras on lightning wiered headphones. Airpods just never got acceptable microphones. I's love removable storage, you can put it in the 2nd sim tray, where other markets put the 2nd. sim card. The latest iPhones do 4k 120 fps, people use more storage than ever before. Yeah, I keep buying iPhone, but it's about the cameras and software. If I was more trusting of google, I might be open to switching.

[@bigblue1287]

There are so many different phone manufacturers. But you always seem to focus on the two. Thanks Matt for bringing up the nothing phone. You didn't bring up the fact that there is a new three screen foldable?

[@WeatherMan2005]

it can break in 3 exiting ways!

[@peterparker2068]

The removal of the SIM card just screws American travelers. Esim is not common in other countries. I can't purchase cheap local sims

[@shadyhammam5226]

The sim is terrible when it comes to traveling as some countries (if you have a line there) you can’t get an eSIM and that just prevents you from using that phone abroad.

[@yodabearer2668]

The Huawei Mate Xt trifold is a really good looking phone/Tablet. But is really expensive, and can only be imported from China.

[@ForbiddenSeeker]

I had a Samsung galaxy an active 5. It was amazing and had a headphone jack while being 100% waterproof. You could also charge it underwater as long as you plugged it in above the water. There will never be another phone like it.

[@bertfarry3793]

Non removable batteries creates e waste when all those phones end up in landfills

[@TheElcustard]

Headphone jack, expandable storage, large battery, waterproofing. You never heard of the Xperia range?

[@joefilter2923]

I have several $9 dongle dacs that I keep with my various wired headphones. Plus, you can get a dongle dac WITH an amp and drive a big headphone. So we have better audio now than with the straight ultra-cheap headphone jack.

[@rf7854]

Sd card is the one that hurt most like S24FE is not coming without it while also not offering 512gb. Like what’s the excuse here really?!

[@KenzieTrinityDeasy]

I’m happy with my iPhone 13 Pro Max, my previous phone was the iPhone 6 pro max. So to me this was a HUGE upgrade.

[@amirnaim3675]

Juan Bagnell and Louis Rossman is going to roast this. What's next? Manufacturers remove the camera to accommodate for battery. And then their excuse is if you're serious about photography, you can afford a DSLR

[@zDToddy]

Just the two on the top getting too comfortable, so comfortable that one of them is not on the top 2 anymore.

[@brokentoothstudio4929]

I still use my iPod classic 160 GB to listen to music and still able to buy music and sync it with new purchase music and music videos. Over 9000 songs and over 20 years of music history. From borrowing CD's from friends and libraries to rip/burn it to my account.

[@Shortkingklr]

I’ve been using an i phone 8 for like 4 years now. I’m “upgrading” to an iPhone SE 3rd gen should be here soon.

[@annoyed-intern]

Comparing removable batteries and charging ports of yester year is a wild take. It’s not like it is impossible to develop a waterproof usb c complaint with removable phone. We are not in 2000s anymore.

[@snooganscientist]

I liked this video specifically because of the argument about the aluminum back having a glass circle cut out of it for magsafe I also wanted to mention that Motorola had a phone with a fabric back or a leather back depending on your model that was wireless charging they made that phone in 2015 2016

[@bigdaddy_c6254]

Sorry but you're not going to sell me on the expandable storage bit. I just watched @Jerryrigeverything tear down the iPhone 16 pro and there is an empty black box where the SIM tray would be. They have plenty of space for expandable memory.

[@dave-000]

6:13 well i still have a headphone jack.

[@shamalow1819]

personally always had androids exept for my first phone, but few years back I switched to the fold 3 and was the best decision of my life, got a brand new fold 6 to replace my fold 3 and honestly I'm never going back to a boring regular phone that's for sure!

[@yusefrashad655]

all phones were good up until 2012 and expectable from then till 2020

[@Burn_In_Oled_On_Purpose]

I have a pair of wired shure in ear monitors and they can provide up to 37 decibels of isolation. Not all usb c devices accept audiotechnica from the usb c port. Usb c is fragmented when it comes to features and functionality and it even applies to audio as well. With the headphone jack, it literally just works because it's just plug and play and there is no fragmentation being involved. For example, there are certain usb c devices that charge only and transfer data only and does not support any form of audio even though usb c supports audio. When it comes to usb c, the features and functionality have to be within specs in terms of what they can do and what they can't do. With audio, there will always be analog being involved. For instance, you need to convert the digital 1s and 0s to an analog signal to be played back on speakers and headphones. Every phone, laptop, tablet etc. has a dac but needs to be converted to from digital to analog. Unfortunately, the built in dacs are mediocre. With bluetooth audio, you always have to rely on using non user replaceable batteries. I have some harman kardon bluetooth speakers and the battery has already degraded and they barely last that long and the battery is non user replaceable. With wired headphones and earbuds, there are user replaceable cables with balanced and unbalanced connectors and have the option use the built in microphones with the cables.

[@sfisosg7904]

i just want phone companies to go back to releasing a new phone every 2 years i get tech is changing constantly

[@TheBulletTrain]

On batteries I am not following what you are saying. We shouldn't have removable batteries because charging is faster, and you act like they are mutually exclusive. We could have USBC fast charging and/or wireless charging and still be able to replace a battery when it goes bad without having to go to a repair center or (as the phone companies hope) just buy a new phone. My biggest issue with phones nowadays is how they do everything they can to prevent users from fixing them when a battery goes out or such.

[@HayleyPond]

I am tired of disposable tech. Wireless is landfill tech. Also if they remove sim cards can they replace it with removable storage?

[@vincentv646]

The Huawei Mate 60 XT Tri-Fold Screen is an interesting concept. If Samsung made one at a decent price, I might switch from my iPhone.

[@devin2156]

It is definitely interesting, but it has part of the flexible screen constantly out so only time will tell regarding its durability.

[@vincentv646]

@@devin2156 I have very little faith it would hold up overtime. You would absolutely have to baby it. A guy could dream though. lol.

[@Deja117]

I understand what you're saying about the battery, and there is a difference between "removable" and "serviceable". With that in mind, look at what Apple is doing (to comply with regulations, mind you). They are making batteries in thin metal sleeves, with Lego style connectors so they're easy to replace. I know, it's kind of off point, but it would of been nice to touch on this since that is technically a removable battery from a repair perspective. Of course, other companies have done this already, but Apple's just the most recent as they were lagging behind a bit. As far as the phone goes, I don't know. Personally I like the basic feel without a specially designed case or dock. That said, I do use a USB dock almost always around the house, just because I can.

[@joshynguyen6436]

First, only I will say for lose old to gain new, you have a trade off. One of the things for wireless buds/headphones is charging. If you forget to charge, then you are SOL. Also battery life for most are just a couple of hours. For the SD card, the idea is the amount of storage vs price. For base of 125 gb (that is too small and you are not getting 125, you are getting less) is so expensive for what you get. The SD feature lets you have more storage even if it is slow. I know tech is evolving but we are getting new issues with it and not enough solutions for them.

[@PincheBeto_Bass]

I feel like they need to stop releasing new phones every year

[@yoshi4215]

I miss the Note series so bad. Had them since the Note 5 and the S23 ultra just isn't it.

[@keithbrown7685]

I don't mean to rub it in, but I have two Note9s. One has been in service for six years. The other is a spare, waiting for the first phone to pass away, but phone1 is doing nothing of the kind.

[@Rockmirth]

So there has been some phones with a headphone jack and ip68. It costs like 1 dollar for apple to upgrade the storage from 128 to 256 but they charge 100 for it. Higher storage should be standard. Personally I cant use a phone like an actual pc at all so it will remain just a phone for now. A 400 dollar device will do anything i need a phone to do.

[@Scotty-it8ue]

The problem is when you buy a phone every year, there isn’t a lot different and that’s what people complain about. I’ve just upgraded from a 13 pro max to a 16 pro max and happy with the difference in what I’m getting, but wouldn’t if I was going from a 15 to a 16!

[@l0wgrade377]

Have the 16 pro for about 3 weeks and it is a huge improvement for me. I don’t have the money to upgrade every year though so I upgraded from a few generations. Build quality much higher and lots of my pet peeves have been ironed out. Don’t see a reason to upgrade for a decent few generations

[@hilmalumay]

I don't understand why phone manufacturers needed to release a new model yearly. and most chineses manufacturers even release in 3 or 6 months . a very wasteful in materials, resources and the reason why everything keeps getting more expensive. In this year almost everyone already have a smartphone. and most of them is reliable for years to come now. what if there's a global law they just release a model in 3 or even after 4 years. so in that case in 3 yrs they can make more significant upgrade to the new model, lesser carbon footprint. and in that 3 or 4 yrs of selling the same model maybe they can drop the price in 2 yrs and so forth too? EU make this a global law.. please. and include graphic cards and cpu manufacturers too.

[@KingZoa]

I like how Austin knows more about cars than MKBHD does

[@None17555]

No one, Matt? The Galaxy S5 was water proof, had a headphone jack, and user removable battery *toolless*.

[@TomT-bn1lm]

iPhone is just too expensive. In Canada, most older Android devices can be had at Carriers for massive discounts, some as low as $0, which includes last year's flagships. Something like an iPhone 13, still available at some carriers, cost around $500 over a 2-year contract. When my friend bought iPhone 8's for him and his wife, over 2 years he paid $3000 more than me and my wife, because of original cost and monthly iphone specific plans. He recently purchased two iPhone 15s and they will pay $1200 more than me over 2 years, which is a little better. Also in that time, my friend purchased over $10,000 in Apple laptops and tablets and then there was the repair costs for iPhone and laptops. iPhone and the Apple echosystem is just too expensive.

[@WeatherMan2005]

indeed

[@Skolladrum]

Matt must be someone who hates repairability as he doesn't want his batteries to be removed

[@jasonball855]

I had a iPhone back in the day but hated it. Been a Samsung user for many years but can't seem to get into the flip. All I see is the crease on the screen all the time. Have a S24 Ultra at minute and love it.

[@JTScottOfficial]

I think you really need to talk about the innovation vs price. If nothing much is changing, why are they so expensive? If they innovated more, then it's justifiable.

[@darrenscott6931]

Esim is a pain for people who travel. I was in Vietnam and no-one did esim, but I got a months unlimited data for something crazy like 200,000VND (about $8) and thats an inflated price tourist sim.

[@SJSOmar]

Like honestly I’m not spending $1200 for a phone every year anymore I feel like as I’m growing older 23 priorities man the 14promax is an absolutely good phone I just have to get the battery replaced and this thing will be set for another 4years tbh before I was upgrading phones from the 4s to 17plus before I realized I’m paying for almost the same phone I’d be happy with an IPod classic and a standalone phone tbh if only they brought back the original Motorola razr with 5g I’d be using that tbh and no not the new one the old one with actual tactile buttons no touch screen

[@_Tree]

The Z Fold 6 and the Huawei Tri-Fold phone are the only 2 that have caught my attention lately. I like innovation within cellphones

[@GriotDNB]

Bring back the V10s indeed! The cars sound fûcked😂

[@Merrifieldsam]

Bring back the Dual-screen phone!!!!

[@TheAchillesShield]

if you can sell the same thing (or even less) for even more profit each year, and mark it as being improved, why wouldn't you? People are buying it. There's this sense of always being current or having the latest gadgets. It's just a cruddy thing to do. But that's not going to stop Apple.

[@Invid72]

Honestly can't say I care about the loss of the headphone jack. I hadn't used one for at least 2 years before they went away since I can't stand wires or being tethered to anything. Losing SD card slot expandability sucked though. Storage is cheap, but phone manufacturers pretend it's not, especially Apple.

[@solonepeon5805]

I think Batteries should be removable ao you can install a bigger capacity battery instead of the low cap stock that companies like to give so your phone dies quickly. Plus if you can't remove it then that mean you need to send the phone completely to the company which will behind closed doors download your private data while they switch out the battery & we all know thats exactly why they moved to non removable batteries in the future.

[@AldousFurlong]

These guys forgot LG had Hifi Quad DAC on the headphone jacks. That was crucial.

[@wadeepperson6906]

They have a new LCD tablet that is like e ink or a Gameboy closer to design. It's actually cool it's super readable on direct sunlight

[@Spacepilot616]

It’s not that phones are getting worse it’s that apple and samsung are severely overrated.

[@patrickcardon1643]

They are getting worse ... from the point of view of repairability and durability. Like many services they're less meant to be a solution to your problem, but a way to hook you in and sell you a new one each 3 years. If shareholders are more important than the product and the customers, that's worse

[@Retronyx]

@@patrickcardon1643 you must be a tourist not knowing samsung has both repairability and durability. There's never an S series phone that bend and break and the S24 repairability are way easier since S22

[@deviantgaming9726]

Headphone jacks are also really useful if you have an older car with an aux port

[@sgregorybird]

Legitimately, the only reason I'm still rocking an iPhone 12 Pro Max is the SIM card. I prefer an iPhone most of the time, but I am one of those people with other phones, a Pixel 9 Pro Max, a Z Flip 6, and a OnePlus Open. I move my SIM card around based on what I need that day and what I'm doing, work/travel/whatever, and AT&T's website refuses to activate E-SIM on the OnePlus or Samsung even though they're both unlocked and work with my physical SIM just fine. If the iPhone had something using that SIM card space, I'd still be annoyed, but at least it would be justified. The fact that it is just a useless void in US phones is ridiculous.

[@robby6619841]

-scoffs in LG V40- I beg your most humble pardon, my good sirs! 🤣😂 6:24

[@MarcosFMolina]

Galaxy S and iPhones are getting SOOOO boring. All the fun / weird / quirky phones are niche. Like the foldables, or the Sonys.

[@onlyonenoe]

Okay talking about the SIM card being a hollowed out hole why couldn’t they just put a sd card reader in there. The space isn’t being used up put something useful in there

[@NinjAsylum]

The headphone jack is actually one of the MOST waterproof parts of a phone! Its completely sealed on the inside.