I went through my late teens as the initial smart phone boom was happening. I had a Motorola q that could get TV channels and had a keyboard. I had the enV that flipped open. And many androids/blackberries that I loved for their unique form factor and functionality.

I have never balked at spending money on a phone and for a long time i felt locked into generic flagship devices. With the debut of folding screens I feel like my appetite for unique devices rekindled. I think the power of android lies in its diversity of implementation.

So what features and functionalities would you choose over the next flagship release?

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      2 years ago

      Add on an SD slot and you and I have an identical list.

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      2 years ago

      Man, I forgot all about notification LEDs. My list is practically identical to yours.

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        There are apps that simulate one using your OLED screen. They make a blinking RGB dot roughly where the LED would be.

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            I’m not sure about all of them, I do know that the most popular Samsung-specific one actually hooks into the AOD and therefore uses the same amount of battery life (~3%) than the native AOD implementation. I wouldn’t know about how that interacts with true sleep, though.

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              2 years ago

              Do you have a name for that application? Im on a s10

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                If I recall correctly, it’s “AOD Notify”

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          Yeah but it’s not the same even though it is essentially.