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Re:Killing the 3.5mm Jack: How Simple Is Changing into Needl... by blisterpeanuts on Monday June 13, 2016 @11:22AM (#11894587)
Could you name a few of the many "slightly thicker phones with bigger batteries" that no one bought? I must have missed them somehow.
Re:Killing the 3.5mm Jack: How Simple Is Changing into Needl... by dsr_ on Monday June 13, 2016 @01:34PM (#11895625)
The Droid MAXX comes to mind... except that everyone who bought them loved them. 5.86oz, 2.8 x 5.41", 5" 720P super AMOLED, 3500 mAH battery. The worst thing about them was that they were Verizon-exclusive.
Re:Killing the 3.5mm Jack: How Simple Is Changing into Needl... by Laforet on Monday June 13, 2016 @05:57PM (#11898058)
Typing on one right now and cannot agree more. Great hardware ruined by Verizon exclusivity. Moto and Verizon teased the us with an upcoming lollipop update for a whole year before cancelling it and tried to make us pay more for the newer models with a discount, thank you but no.

Before that I owned every Droid qwerty slider including the elusive Droid 3. I love the form factor mainly because once extended the phone becomes a very natural reading/typing device not unlike some of the early PDAs. The keyboard was getting better with each iteration and Droid 4 was probably the best phone I have ever used for remote management with the row of dedicated numbers keys. We have all lost something when qwerty sliders faded out of the mainstream.

Re:Killing the 3.5mm Jack: How Simple Is Changing into Needl... by WildUtah on Monday June 13, 2016 @03:00PM (#11896372)
The iPhone 6 Plus is selling huge volumes with a bigger battery and a heavier phone for $100 more.
Re:Killing the 3.5mm Jack: How Simple Is Changing into Needl... by inyorgroove on Monday June 13, 2016 @02:07PM (#11895858)
The LG G4 was slightly thicker than the others, has a 3000 mAh battery. I can go two days unheard of before I had this phone.
Re:Killing the 3.5mm Jack: How Simple Is Changing into Needl... by jackhack on Monday June 13, 2016 @12:08PM (#11894988)
aka "last year's model"