Quote from: Neenyah on August 27, 2023, 14:45:24Quote from: StevO on August 27, 2023, 14:39:43Bring back the IR blaster! Miss that more than curved screens, pens, or folds.
Ah IR blaster, the thing for "power users" as being explained by many "experts" and even PR trolls from OEMs; not that long ago removable battery, IR blaster, FM radio, microSD slot, 3.5mm jack, headphones and charger coming with phone included in the packaging and many other things... were perfectly normal for almost all phones even those from 20 years ago.
Then all of that became "for power users" and that was the reason for their removal (and charging most of them at extra cost if you want to buy them separately); suddenly from 90%+ power users almost nobody is a power user anymore. Nice way to twist the story and sell your own greed, which is what most OEMs do.
The irony is that Sony removed the headphone jack on their 2018 and 2019 flagship phones, even citing the rising trend of wireless audio gears, before putting it back in the 2020 Xperia 1 Mk2. Sony could've easily continued not doing it, but they didn't. It feels as if someone at Sony realized that following the trend is a bad idea. That's why Sony has always been in my radar after LG's exit from the smartphone market.