I used to have so much fun back when cell phones had IR blasters. Changing channels and messing with people before it was common knowledge that you could do that on a cell. I wish phones still had that.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Back in the day when they were actually focused on putting features into phones instead of stripping them out...

[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 months ago (1 children)

RIP FM antennas, too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

used to have a FM tuner on the modem. International models do still carry modems with FM tuners on them. And the antenna was you headphone cord. Which is why it doesnt and won't work with Bluetooth..... And for all likely hood it won't work with USB c headphones either

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

RIP headphone jack 🫡

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Swappable batteries was the big one for me

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

Oh man my LG V20 was great for this

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Redmi line still has ir transmitters afaik

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I confirm. The kid in me made me buy it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

There are still ways to do that. A friend of mine loves to mess woth Telas. He can open their charging door with a device.

[–] Lucidlethargy 5 points 9 months ago

GS4 owner checking in. That was the best phone I've ever owned for the year it was...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Long before smartphones, Casio used to make an IR blaster watch. Nobody ever suspected the person checking the time was messing with the TV.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

When the teacher took your watch at the beginning of class it was either test time or tv cart time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

RIP my note 4, back when the note line meant something