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With just about every generation of phones that comes out, I realize how extremely non-central of a phone customer I am. Basically none of the features they are adding are of any interest to me and I want almost all of the ones they are getting rid of. Sucks to be me I guess.

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I want a rootable phone with a physical keyboard, and every time my current one gets old I hope it won't be the last one ever produced.

The the features I want are more often in low end phones, saves a fortune.

>and I want almost all of the ones they are getting rid of

Like which?

For me, new phones are missing those features, wich were quite common a few years ago:

- screen size < 6 inches

- 3.5mm audio jack support

- battery lasting more than one day

You might be interested in something like the Sony Xperia 10 IV[1], it has a 6" screen, headphone jack, and a 5000mAh battery.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Xperia_10_IV

no screen cutout (although androids ability, in the developer options, to just turn off the screen in line with the camera cutout basically does this for me)

headphone jack

small overall size

SD card slot

IR blaster

FM Radio tuner (goes hand-in-hand with headphone jack since the headphone wire usually acts as the antenna)

Easily rootable/unlocked bootloader

ideally relatively repairable (at the very least to include replacing the screen/battery with a minimum of specialized tools).

There are many phones that have what you want. Look at Chinese brands. Except the small size. Nobody buys small phones anymore, so they're a niche nobody caters to.

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