I honestly would consider it if it had SD card support. I would have purchased it instantly if it came with SD card support and a damn headphone jack. I’m the market for this freaking phone why don’t they figure out what we’re actually asking for?
How about we have the boys in engineering work up a more durable dedicated audio port for something that will be plugged in when on the go?
We can give it:
A solid, round metal plug for infinite 360-degree rotation, neutralizing cable-twist strain that would otherwise warp a rigid USB-C port.
A hollow-tunnel design with out the fragile internal circuit “tongue” found in USB-C, making it nearly impossible to snap or bend through accidental force.
And as a bonus, heavy-duty internal spring contacts that tolerate dirt and high insertion counts, and linear release mechanism so the cable will pop out cleanly during a violent tug instead of tearing up the phone’s internal electronics.
We can call this MIRACLE as the 3.5mm headphone jack. The kids will love it!
3.5 mm headphone jack is much 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝖒𝖚𝖈𝖍 more robust than USB-C port. You can slingshot your phone by the headphone cable, and both the phone and the cable will be fine.
USB-C socket gets slightly bent and you cannot charge your phone.
It’s also at the bottom of the phone, so you cannot hold it normally, while the headphone jack is at the top.
I can’t help it if people have not yet realized the huge cost of memory is a major factor in phone price increases, and that SD cards are a great way to have your full media library on your phone without being beholden to “the cloud”.
I honestly would consider it if it had SD card support. I would have purchased it instantly if it came with SD card support and a damn headphone jack. I’m the market for this freaking phone why don’t they figure out what we’re actually asking for?
I don’t understand the complaint about a headphone jack. They make dongles for USBC to headphone. Plug it into your headphone and forget it’s there.
If you need to power at the same time, buy a dongle with a splitter.
So your power/data USB C port can snap off?
How about we have the boys in engineering work up a more durable dedicated audio port for something that will be plugged in when on the go?
We can give it:
A solid, round metal plug for infinite 360-degree rotation, neutralizing cable-twist strain that would otherwise warp a rigid USB-C port.
A hollow-tunnel design with out the fragile internal circuit “tongue” found in USB-C, making it nearly impossible to snap or bend through accidental force.
And as a bonus, heavy-duty internal spring contacts that tolerate dirt and high insertion counts, and linear release mechanism so the cable will pop out cleanly during a violent tug instead of tearing up the phone’s internal electronics.
We can call this MIRACLE as the 3.5mm headphone jack. The kids will love it!
3.5 mm headphone jack is much 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝖒𝖚𝖈𝖍 more robust than USB-C port. You can slingshot your phone by the headphone cable, and both the phone and the cable will be fine.
USB-C socket gets slightly bent and you cannot charge your phone.
It’s also at the bottom of the phone, so you cannot hold it normally, while the headphone jack is at the top.
That varied between brands and models, some had it at the top some at the bottom. There was no industry standard for the location.
I miss the audio jack and agree with you, but all my phones always had audio jack on the bottom not far from the USB port
Many of my past phones had the headphone jack on the bottom. I don’t think there is a standard.
Extremely few people are asking for a built in sd card slot
I can’t help it if people have not yet realized the huge cost of memory is a major factor in phone price increases, and that SD cards are a great way to have your full media library on your phone without being beholden to “the cloud”.
But a sdcard could be slightly slower than the integrated eemc storage and consumers could get confused that <manufacturer>'s phones are slow!
The point they are trying to make is that an ubersecure phone with GrapheneOS will have a certain target demographic.
Among that target demographic SD card slots have a demand.