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What discontinued feature do you miss from phones or other technologies? (lemmy.zip)
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For me its the 'Knock Code' that LG had on their phones (I really wish LG still made at least the V series phones)

Basically there was a four-square area and you set up a sequence of where you would tap to unlock the phone. That set of squares was only shown when you set up the code

Then, to unlock your phone, you would tap those areas in the sequence you set up (even with the screen off).

Fingerprint readers are nice, but I really do miss the knock code

Edit: did find this article with a way to do the knock code, but if done wrong, could brick your phone I guess.

Plus, article is from 2014. When I looked at XDA's info on it (they also being the developers) it looks like development on it is over, but individual modules may or may not still be supported by their devs

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[โ€“] Addfwyn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I don't actually miss much, but I also don't really use my phone a whole lot. I have a smartphone, but it's pretty close to factory settings. I don't really install apps outside Line, I very rarely make calls on it. It probably gets used for transit directions/maps, mail, and Line 90% of the time.

Maybe not a specific feature, but I do dislike the general trend towards large and larger phones/screens. I must prefer the smaller phones we used to have; I know Apple had their smaller phone lines recently but I think they didn't do particularly well.

[โ€“] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Fingerprint readers are a bad idea for a variety of reasons. So this does seem like a loss! What a cool concept.

[โ€“] break1146@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Aux ports are nice for versatility, even if I was already using wireless earphones. Along with being able to listen to FM right on your phone. It's features I don't use often, but occasionally. I wish the USB-C connector had the option with a clip. IR-blasters were useful and much fun. I never even used the actual remote to manage my LED strip.

I never realized notification lights just kind of stopped existing. But I don't miss them in light of always on displays. Under screen finger print readers is basically a dream come true. Having multiple cameras is nice. OLED screen is an absolute godsend. Overall I'm not unhappy.

[โ€“] meejle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Squeeze to activate Google Assistant, from the Pixel 2 XL (and maybe others, I don't remember)

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[โ€“] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

my old phone, a samsung j7 i believe, had a live concert feature that would make the music sound much more like you were at a concert, it was a complete gamechanger in listening to live albums. my new one doesnt have that feature :(

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[โ€“] Kobrah@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I would pay extra to have 3D Touch back

[โ€“] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

I think there were two issues with it.

They never really had a good UI indication of what elements are 3d touchable. This meant the average user never really used the feature too much and it was frustrating for some to try to find functionality that was "hidden" visually from the UI.

Also the phones with 3d touch had significantly worse battery life than in the following years. Apparently the pressure sensing hardware took up a lot of space in the phone. I'm sure they could have made them a bit thicker, but this is Apple we're talking about.

Force touch still exists on the mac, and it has kinda the same UI issue going on. I'm personally not a huge fan of it though as even if you know you want to force touch something, you can't really immediately do it. You first have to tap/click on the element and then apply more pressure, which makes the process a bit cumbersome.

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[โ€“] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

SIM card trays for sure.

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