Motorola was likely going to be my next phone because it had the SD card, 3.5mm jack and ability to flash roms.
Finding phones is just getting frustrating.
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2024
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Some new devices have 3.5mm jack, but no sd card support. Some have sd card support, but no 3.5mm jack. Fewer and fewer new devices have both these days.
...I'm concerned they may not recognize that the microSD slot is at least one of the nice selling points of their phones. With so many other phones tossing out microSD cards and headphone jacks, what beyond the price point remains to set them apart?
I guess there's the gesture controls for quick camera or flashlight use, but the former is undercut by these being budget phones with mediocre to poor cameras. Also with the devices being larger it makes the gesture controls feel a little more unwieldy compared to when you were using them on smaller phones.
It's a bummer, as I've otherwise appreciated their phones as cheaper, close to vanilla Android options.
Yep. I hope the 3.5mm jack isn't going anywhere. With 256gb flash built into the 5g stylus I don't feel like I need expansion memory that much, but the slot is still handy for file transfer.
That's a bummer, I had a Moto E and couple of Moto G phones in the past which were great, but once I started seeing reviews that older generations were better than new ones that were coming out I decided to try using an older flagship (Galaxy S10+ for $200 in 2022) and it's been a solid experience. Sounds like I should continue going that route once security updates end on this phone.
I have an older G (G4 = XT1625, from around 2017) and I liked it, but imho the 2023 one is a lot better. I don't have real complaints. I've been wary of Samsung though I suppose I'll have to consider them when the time comes
The Moto Stylus phones, do they have a proper stylus with preasure sensitivity like the Samsung S Pen or just a built-in "dumb touchscreen toucher"?
Dumb touchscreen toucher, and doesn't work super well, but I like having it. It's handy for poking UI elements and light photo editing. Probably useless for good art.
Ok thanks. I was kinda expecting that. Sad that Samsung is the only OEM with a proper stylus.
Well feeling less bad about switching to a OnePlus now