Old Samsung tablets did that
Had a Sony Ericsson (early Xperia, not one of 'em old dumbphones) where the micro-usb would plug into one side and headphones into the other (left and right side, that is). Pretty comfy to use with both a charger and headphones at the same time.
Every single phone after that has been charger at bottom and headphone jack at top or not at all. Massive downgrade IMO.
Or just allow the phone to rotate 180°
Cyanogen mod gang goes “what, you’re phone doesn’t do that?”
Fuck safety net, I was doing that in 2014 but can’t do it anymore.
Its obviously a conspiracy to buy more cables that get damaged when you inevitably bend it when you use and charge it.
You know they sell usb cables with a 90 degree angle on the plug, right?
You know what, you might be joking, but this seems legit.
Directly into the back like Apple mice.
/duck
Middle of the screen, mate.
phones should charge wirelessly while they’re in my pocket or being held.
Wireless charging is inefficient and ends up generating a bunch of heat
Great, the phone will be charged and my pockets will be warm.
Not happening. Surgically implanted coils would either transfer too little power or overheat. The pocket idea is less far from viable.
Why? My outlet is lower than my phone in almost every instance, so my voted going down towards the charger makes the most sense.
Besides, my IR Blaster, mic, and 3.5mm jack are at the top 😁
Look at this fancy motherfucker with his fancy motherfucking headphone jack…
Hell yeah 😎
Have you found an app that still works with an IR blaster? My phone has one, but none of the apps work anymore.
I’ve kept my old TCL phone around as a remote at home bc the app worked so well and was easy to use. I just realized it’s not available in the Play store, nor apk pure for historical availability. I cannot hold down the icon to share. When I browse the file explorer I see the app but it doesn’t give me anything to view to copy… I wish I could share it!!
It’s frustrating. My phone is fairly new, but also has the IR emitter. In a perfect world, I would set it up as a “TVbGone” type setup. Unfortunately all the apps have disappeared from the play store. Also, all the GitHub repositories are so old they don’t work with modern android.
Same, it didn’t dawn on my flashing LineageOS that my IR may not work. Several F-Droid IR apps are terrible
Edit: https://f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.ir_remote is about the only semi decent, but for TCL you have to do custom remote which takes some work.
You can also export and import which might save you time
What do you have? A Samsung note 4? Wasn’t that the last phone that had a ir blaster? *In the USA as far as I know. Of course other countries get better devices than here 😦
I’ve got a ulefone 27T pro. It carries a lot of weird functions, despite being a modern phone.
My Oneplus 12 has one too.
Mine is above where I tend to charge my phone.
Might just be a me problem
When smartphones were new you used to be able to turn them upside down and the screen would just rotate. Now you have to download an app to do that, and it doesn’t always work.
Holy shit I never really noticed I can’t turn my iphone upside down lol. My first gen iPad rotates at any direction, but I’m guessing tablets behave differently. I don’t own a more recent tablet so I don’t know if that’s still the case. But you’re right, I remember my first smartphone could rotate at any direction.
Pixel 8 pro user here, screen auto-rotate is right in the top edge drop-down menu and the phone gives a tappable icon in the corner if you turn the phone when auto-rotate is off. I have definitely never downloaded an app for this.
Pixel 7 here. It doesn’t go upside down for me. Yes, I get the tappable rotate icon as well. Still only upside up or sideways.
Just turned on auto-rotate for a sec to check and you are 100% correct. I get regular or either sideways, no upside down.
It’s literally a setting in android OS.
Not standard. I’m running a stock Pixel and it’s never been an option. Some third party AOSP forks add it in, though.
Where is that setting? I’m running Pixel 9a
I can still do this with my FP4 running e/OS. Just had to put a checkmark at 180° in the rotation settings.
I don’t even like the few phones I had with the headphone jack on the top.
This would be a good post for !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world as long as you expand on why you think that.
I just don’t like the cord running on my arm etc when I use the phone while plugged in
Then move the cable away from your arm
Or charge it while you’re not using it
It’s stuck to a thing that’s in your hand. From the bottom.
You hold your phone from the bottom? Like an ice cream cone, or what?
The bottom rests on my pinky, the back against my other 3 fingers and my thumb accesses the screen.
When it’s not plugged in I usually have my pinky across the USB C port at the bottom.
Same way I was holding my phone as I read this
Is it a problem when it’s plugged in? Are you using it every moment of every day?
Obviously not, but when it is plugged into my computer it is annoying (I have an old phone that a micro USB port in the top left, which is far more convenient for that but also considerably slower), same goes for when it’s low on charge but I still need to do something.
I just hold it by the USB cable like a microphone.
How thick is your usb cable?
Girthy
They’re on the bottom so that they work with docking devices.
I’ve seen a few phones that have two ports, a bottom and a side port that both with for charging. I’ve only noticed that on gaming phones, though.
What? No.
Why isn’t wireless charging more common?
How do I hold my phone while it’s sitting on a wireless charger?
It’s horribly inefficient. I refuse to use it!
Samsung Galaxy s1 had exactly that Even came with a sliding port cover
If you have an android install Rotation Orientation Manager. You can have your phone work upside down. Now that phones are pretty much bezel-less it doesn’t make a difference how you hold it
Except for the under display fingerprint reader, the front camera, the back camera, the volume and power button locations, the speakers, shall I go on?
Except then you get the “jelly screen” effect
