I used to have a Samsung Galaxy S4, and its main gimmick was the IR blaster that also made the phone a universal remote. Great way to mess with people when I was in college at parties muting the TV or slowly making it louder over the course of a long time.

My roomie and I also had the same exact TV, which made it fun to point the remote in her room and turn it off from time to time.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

S4 was peak Samsung. IR blaster, removable battery, SD card, water resistant, amoled screen that phone just had it all

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It was not water resistant, actually. I'd know. Mine was broken when I got pushed into a swimming pool. :(

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I still use my s4 with LineageOS. It's on it's third battery but still going strong.

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

All I want from my next phone is a headphone jack, an OLED screen, and expandable memory. User-replaceable battery would be nice.

So anyway, this is a route I might seriously consider.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I have the app "Unified Remote" on my S4, which allows me to control my amp, tv's, my laptop (Which is just a glorified dvr for my yard cameras now), and even my computer.

It's a bit of a pain to set up, but works nicely once that's done.

[–] r0bi@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago

Great ROM support too, going to stock 4.4 KitKat when it was new was a great upgrade from TouchWiz. Can go to up Android 11 at least iirc as well.