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Well, someone wants these features enough that many will soon be mandatory.

USB port = Mandated in the EU by end of 2024. Replaceable battery = Mandated in EU by 2027. Dual sim cards = common in the global south. Headphone jack = wanted by everyone not a youtube influencer.

Compromise: I'll accept TWO USB-C ports in exchange for the headphone jack. Usb to 3.5mm adapter wires cost maybe 6$ on amazon.

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My next phone will be an imported EU phone. I won't even care if it doesn't connect to cell towers (it will though).

Other features you mentioned maybe but no one cares about the headphone jack anymore. I don't remember most people using it a lot even before it started to disappear.

I have bought maybe ten usb-to-3.5mm adapters in recent years. I keep giving them away. Last time I went on a work trip (military) I gave away two sets of cheap wired headphones+adapters to kids whose bluetooth headsets had stopped working during long plane/bus rides. (19yo = kid)

I'm not kidding when I say I recently saw someone on a plane using a wireless charging station. They had wrapped tape around the phone to hold it on the charger. Progress!

Have you found good adapters (or ones to avoid)?

I've been using the same $9 Apple one for 3+ years at this point. There have been times when I've pulled it out of my bag and saved the day. Young people are amazed that it just works (microphone and all), Mac or Windows, computer or tablet. Ain't progress wonderful?

Whatever one is on sale. They are all just cheap cables. The dacs are all just whatever one is available for a few cents at the time.

I’m not a YouTube influencer and I don’t want a headphone jack. I haven’t used wired headphones in five years.

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