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What discontinued feature do you miss from phones or other technologies? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BigMoe@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me its the 'Knock Code' that LG had on their phones (I really wish LG still made at least the V series phones)

Basically there was a four-square area and you set up a sequence of where you would tap to unlock the phone. That set of squares was only shown when you set up the code

Then, to unlock your phone, you would tap those areas in the sequence you set up (even with the screen off).

Fingerprint readers are nice, but I really do miss the knock code

Edit: did find this article with a way to do the knock code, but if done wrong, could brick your phone I guess.

Plus, article is from 2014. When I looked at XDA's info on it (they also being the developers) it looks like development on it is over, but individual modules may or may not still be supported by their devs

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[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I miss them being small and slim. I still use my iPhone SE everyday for a music player. It’s the perfect size for a cell phone.

Sent from my iPad.

[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The likely reason it isn't a COMMON phone form factor is the hardware required to make it a phone would take up too much space

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What are you talking about, my https://www.unihertz.com/products/jelly-2 even has a headphone jack.

[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The phone you’re taking about is more than twice as thick.

iPhone SE: 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6
Unihertz Jelly 2: 95 × 49.4 × 16.5

That’s an interesting phone if I were interested in having a google account on a thick toy-like phone. In my opinion, the SE has the best screen size to ergonomics ratio.

[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The iphone SE.. Was that not clear? The reason the jelly 2 isn't the same size is because the stuff like a headphone jack takes up space and iPhone users are willing to go without that stuff for the sake of the owning a phone by that brand

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 2 points 1 year ago

Jelly 2 has a headphones jack and is way smaller than iPhone SE. I don't understand your message.

[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

You’re right that today’s cpu and other functions likely requires a larger battery. I don’t care about a headphone jack. I don’t mind plugging my phone in to charge once a day.

Sent from my iPhone SE