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Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A by vondro on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @03:14AM (#24047503)
My personal opinion: Of course it is a feature! I can use cheap generic headphones (Blackberry headset user here) and charge at the same time. I can use the same headphones with my computer. I can also switch between phone and computer in about a second, no pairing no BS and it works reliably all the time.

I care less about the removable battery - in every phone I had I was able to change it myself, tools are cheap, the only thing you need is to watch some tutorials and calm down to have your hands steady.

Expandable storage is also great. I mean, how can it even be considered "not a feature"? You can very cheaply expand your storage - e.g. in situations you run out of storage. I don't get it, what's not to like? Honest question.

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Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A by frandroid on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @12:21PM (#24062561)
The point made by GP is that it's sad how phone makers remove things that were expected stock characteristics from all phones, and are now threatened with extinction. Almost all android phones used to have a microSD slot to add storage, and for most of them, you could also open up the phone and just slide in a new battery. Now this requires specialty tools and great care, or paying someone to do it for you...
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Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A by vondro on Friday August 07, 2020 @08:17AM (#24081044)
Oh, I see. Thanks for pointing it out.

It's funny how the brain can interpret the text based on your mood and bias. Feels kinda like those optical illusions that seem to rotate in one direction, until you change your perception somehow, and then it rotates the other direction.

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