These smartphone features are DEAD. Will they come back?

We miss these features. Are they coming back?

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[paralelmind]

I miss:
- FM radio
- ir blaster
- aluminum back
- more alternative for compact sized flagships

Nice to have back:
- led notification
- 3.5mm audio jack
- easier to replace battery

[tiltedbybox]

I'm sad you didn't mention IR blaster.

[omkarpatil]

While you are addressing the fact that memory cards are becoming a less used feature, you are not mentioning the fact that mobile manufacturers are charging heavily on the cloud storages as well. Any market should be customer driven and not the other way round. Manufacturers are just finding ways to fill their pockets while not offering substantial features. This is a harsh reality.

[nightriderjazz]

Notification LED light. Miss that one greatly. Especially on BlackBerry

[HGX]

Headphone jack had absolutely no legitimate reason to be discontinued, its extremely cheap, useful and small and doesn't "take up potential battery space" at all. Shame Apple had to start that trend.

[DJaquithFL]

SD cards are absolutely required if you record a lot of video. 4K even heavily compressed 4K video burns through an incredible amount of storage. A swappable SD card is essential if you travel.

A few people have mentioned the IR port, it was eliminated far too early and far too many devices still use the technology that's used every single day .. your TV and cable.

[RockNRoll__]

Wired headphones/earphones are still cool

[wayando]

The phasing out of removal battery was a blatant "planned obsolescence" move.

[martinkosec]

S10 e was a compact smartphone with decent specs

[nannyoggsally]

I won't buy any phone without headphone jack and microsd card.

[simplifiedmba]

Capacitive fingerprint scanner is one of great

[arjunthomas]

Headphone jack and the stereo speakers are the ones that I miss the most. Cheers

[prodigy]

I miss reasonably priced flagship devices

[MegaManNeo]

The short answer why these features disappeared?
**Because plenty of morons made the stupid mass fall in love with super slick design that leaves no room for replaceable parts and instead gave commercial companies a chance to save on cost even more**

[sondesix_]

- Notification light
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- two-stage camera button
- microsd card slot (for some phones)
- IR blaster
- FM radio
- front-facing stereo speakers

[rokkig]

The Sony Xperia 1 ii is the last bastion on some of these things. Jack, front facing speakers, fingerprint scanner.

[darkkforest]

I'm still keeping my LG V20 with 2 extra batteries

[LifehackerAsh]

I had an LG G3. That back mounted volume key was amazing. It was stealth too. Most people who held my phone couldn't recognise that it was volume rocker. Also the knock code method of unlocking on LG phones was so cool. LG used to make great phones, I hope they make a good comeback.

[amjedal-suleimani]

Where is FM Transmitter. It was the coolest.

[平和-vz]

I need expandable storage.
I NEED IT!!!!
I don't use the cloud... And it's essential if ur phone dies...