I must be a fkn weirdo because I just don't care about any of these things.

Replaceable battery is an exception - but that's coming back anyway.

I don't have any devices that use infra red

I don't need a microsd because the on board memory is so much I don't even have to think about capacity any more

I much prefer bluetooth

I much prefer a larger screen instead of buttons.

They didn't really cut a hole in my screen, they expanded my screen around my front facing camera. You can disable that expanded portion of the screen on most phones ?

I use the rear camera on my phone all. the. time.

I bought a Sony Xperia 1 V mostly because of this. No hole on the screen, it has a 3.5mm jack and tooless access to its SD/Sim card tray

we need to make open source wireless communications infrastructure.

how?

idk the FCC is the major block as long as it's funded by telecom

DRM Battery, you can only refill it the X amount of times that is paid for. Don't worry you can have it serviced for an exorborant fee, that will become another subscription.

genuinely dont understand the logic behind having that many cameras. Surely it would just be better to have a singular better sensor, and some additional hardware for it?

While I do miss those things, my S23 Ultra takes fucking amazing pictures.

Current smartphones are just vehicles to harvest people’s data. I hate the current smartphone market.

Profit motive is the enemy of quality.

In a utopia, everything's designed for compatibility and longevity.

No screen. Just AI conversation.

A sixth camera is the obvious answer

All I want is no front camera, single rear camera and no glue to get to battery.

The EU is mandating easily replaceable batteries from 2027.

Man i used my samsung galaxy whatever's IR blaster SO MUCH and I miss the fuck out of trolling my friends by turning their shit on and off

One must recognize that if those changes were truly not popular they would not have stuck.

Next is making one phone with all the bells and whistles and locking them behind subscriptions

They'll fucking sell the phone and box separately