• Fair Fairy
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    18 hours ago

    I don’t want a small phone or a slide out keyboards.

    I want :
    Replaceable battery.
    Non glass back.
    3.5 jack.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 hours ago

      3.5 jack is easy, most budget phones have them (along with a MicroSD card slot)

      The replaceable battery? That’s gonna be hard to find. There the obvious Fairphone, but its very costly for its specs and is only made for EU, and even if someone from the US imports it, the only US carrier allowing it is Tmobile.

      Samsung Galaxy XCover series have IP67 Water resistance, headphone jack, and MicroSD card slot, and the replaceable battery, but its specs are not that good for its cost (as reported by various Reddit users).

      I wouldn’t trust the water resistance tho. One drop into a puddle and the back comes off exposing the internals.

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        8 hours ago

        The xcovers backs usually stay on when you drop them and the back only really holds the battery in. The internals are protected by another layer of plastic.

        As you say the specs do suck though.

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      16 hours ago

      3.5 jack.

      They exist, but it’ll constrain your phone choices a lot.

      I’d just get a USB-C-to-1/8"-TRS adapter. If you want to charge while playing, you can get one with passthrough.

      Without passthrough:

      https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Adapter-Female-Samsung-Devices/dp/B08Z3B5QL3

      or with passthrough:

      https://www.amazon.com/ZOOAUX-Headphone-Charging-Earphones-Compatible/dp/B094Z6149B

      Can probably just leave the thing plugged into your headphones.

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        6 hours ago

        Yeah I get they exist, but I will lose that in a day