What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?

HurlingDurling, 8 months ago

Privacy

nl4real, 8 months ago

Graphic design with depth or shading.

couggod, 8 months ago

5.25 inch drive bays on computer cases.

KyuubiNoKitsune, 8 months ago

Giving me annoying audible notifications that my battery is low. We moved to batteries that degrade when lower than ~40% and got rid of the notifications that let us know your battery is dead…

Corigan, 8 months ago

Being able to use my phone as a remote control for TV’s that was so awesome. Could mess with TV’s at bars and never had to look for the remote lol

ZombieMantis, 8 months ago

Replaceable battery, micro SD card slots are hard to come by these days, too.

MartinXYZ, 8 months ago

Durability, battery life, repairability.

ObsidianZed, 8 months ago

I know most people here knock the always on display, but my Samsung has the option to only show if I tap the screen or a notification comes through. I also use the option that blinks a certain color light around the perimeter of the screen and/or the in screen camera so it effectively simulates that old led.

vsh, 8 months ago

I only miss the IR blaster. Headphone jack, replaceable batteries etc are gone for a good reason.

PlutoniumAcid, 8 months ago

My trusty old Psion Series 5 was an awesome pocket computer that would run for three weeks on two AA batteries!

It also had a large touch screen and a clever physical keyboard that was just large enough for ten-finger typing.

I used it for 15 years, it was amazing and no smartphone ever came close.

intensely_human, 8 months ago

Rewind! None of my devices have a rewind feature any more and it’s driving me crazy!

scroll_responsibly, 8 months ago

Headphone Jack.

dog_, 8 months ago

Headphone jack.

ScaredDuck, 8 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

My current Xiaomi phone has an IR blaster, but what I miss is having an IR receiver as well, trying 100 random remotes to find which one works with your obscure TV/AC is such a pain when you used to be able to just clone one instead.

Gallardo994, 8 months ago

I don’t really miss 3.5mm, neither do I miss SD card slots. I don’t even miss replaceable batteries and all that stuff. But I do sincerely miss good devices with physical keyboards. Damn I wish Blackberry came back for a good flagship.