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Missing: removable battery, USB-C port, microSD card slot, dual SIM card tray, speaker and microphone(s), ear proximity sensor and/or face scanner

I’m assuming the home button can function as a rear fingerprint reader.

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Granted. The internals now take up so much space only a 500mA battery can fit and the phone lasts 2 hours on a charge.

“Missing” from TFA which includes a propeller and cup holder. Half of the list is in existing iPhones today.

My Pinephone has all those features except the dual SIM card tray, and the battery’s capacity is rated 2,800mAh / typical 3,000mAh. The fact that it can burn through that in as little as an hour if held just right (with max brightness, volume, and load on the GPU, CPU, RAM, and separate modem CPU with the default nonfree, inefficient firmware; and not using the separately sold keyboard case with 6,000 more mAh) is a great incentive to limit its addictive effects.

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