A tactile keyboard. There was a time when I could text with my eyes closed (literally). Now it takes me 30 seconds to "type" out a text that should take < 10 seconds.
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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My wife once went over the 2000 word emails i'd text her from the train ride home when I lived abroad. T9 plus a decent text prediction was sooooo much easier and faster than this typo prone bullshit we put up with
Those missing physical buttons to type. Have you used swipe typing? It saves a massive amount of time, not tap tap tap, it's just swype across the screen to the letters and you're good. Very easy and fast.
There were a couple of phones HTC made (both under their name and rebadged as early Google Pixel phones) that could detect squeezing the phone as a programmable button press. It seems like it'd be clunky and triggering at the wrong time or not triggering reliably when you needed it but it was just really well implemented so it worked perfectly. Slightly increasing how tightly you're holding the phone is such a tiny thing to do so getting a full extra programmable button out of it was actually really useful for making your day to day phone usage slightly smoother and more efficient.
I'm guessing it just didn't get enough use because people aren't likely to try it intuitively.
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i really liked the Soli sensor that Google used on the singular phone. I loved waving across my phone to change the track but y'know google and how they be killing everything cool ever :(
Appleβs 3D Touch. It was predictable, reliable, and, apparently, under-utilized by the world around me.
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I miss the rooting era before google safety net. I rely on a lot of banking apps and other stuffs that require safetynet. Even though they are tricks to hide root and bootloader status, it is pain in the ass. Fuck I can't do whatever I want on my phone right now. If there was no safetynet my phone will be running pixel experience or lineage os.
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I thought I missed actually having buttons for things, but recently I found out that no, touch screens are usually superior.
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I miss them being small and slim. I still use my iPhone SE everyday for a music player. Itβs the perfect size for a cell phone.
- Sent from my iPad.
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I'm still using a Samsung S7 (but only for a few months more now, it needs upgrading), and it surprised me that most flagships have removed good features!
I knew about no physical nav buttons and the headphone jack, but why the SD card slot? Come on!