What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?
For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up
Draegur, Of course the 3.5mm headphone jack, but also IR Blasters.
theywilleatthestars, Physical buttons.
Staiden, Actual keyboards, my Moto Droid was my favorite phone I’ve ever owned. Miss it so much. I’d give anything to have an updated version of it.
randomivysaur, Rechargable bat-trees, the headphone jack, nugget shaped phones (ie. BlackBerry Bold much), and the damn hardware keyboard >:(((
AeroRake, Ooh I’d have to say an IR blaster, before switching to an S23 Ultra, my Huawei P20 Pro had one and a notification light. Didn’t realise how much I used the IR blaster until it was gone.
TheFerrango, Existing. I feel every gadget has either become a phone app or an integrated sensor inside the phone (while losing precision because of not being a dedicated device).
andrew, 
My 2001 flip phone could schedule sms messages to be sent and it took smartphones a decade ish to add that feature.
moitoi, 
Snake, I spent way too much time on it.
crsu, What modern gadgets? All that’s left are cell phone tracking devices
Sprokes, Recent phone do not have notification light? I am still using my phone from 2019 and it has it.
Restaldt, Those tiny solar cells calculators used to have
Coherence, I also miss the little light
kaboom36, Tactile buttons, all my homies hate cap-sense
fievel, IR led, useful to use your phone as a remote control for various non-connected hardware
shinigamiookamiryuu, Free and easily added custom ringtones
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