Bring Back These Smartphone Features!
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2022
- Marques, Andrew, and David talk about the smartphone features that they miss the most! What would you bring back if you had the chance?
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I miss notification LED's so much
Oh yeah I'd like the LED notification back
I don't use it but that little feature makes the phone look cooler I agree bring it back
That and front facing stereo speakers would make for the best comeback
Like the colours of the LED would tell me which notifications you have.
I'd settle for a notification spot on an always on OLED.
I miss the IR blaster. Being able to use my phone as a remote was life changing.
Budget xiaomi phones still have one .
Its such a shame that budget phones have older features and high end phones miss them.
It was
I loved messing with the high school teacher and turning the TV and on off
That's the feature that made smartphones Smart.
It should also include a IR receiver so you can copy commands from the remote in case your particular device is not supported.
1) Micro SD Card slot. 2) Ir blaster. 3) Fingerprint/power button on the back. 4) Metal back (if there's a way to still retain a wireless charging). 5) Headphone jack.
Power button on the back?
@@ricardoduarte8709 lg phones, had a stylo 2 and it's fukken awesome
@@pangetpampam8272 what does that have to do with what I said?
got two of those on a flagship here. Zenfone 9
I like how Sony still keeps most of the old features
But whens the last time you bought a phone of theirs?
@@Ski3HigH a week ago, best phone I've owned yet
A Google Play Xperia would be my dream phone. Sony just takes too long with their updates.
@@dilla969 but they do update.
But they don’t sell them worldwide
1. Notification LED
2. Headphone Jack
3. SD Card Sold
4. Dedicated Camera Button
5. Volume buttons on the left, power button on the right.
Sony phone, then?
1. Why? My apple watch does it better.
2. Why though? My airpods pro or airpods max is better.
3. What?
4. This might be okay.
5. Already is that way on my iphone.
@@walrus-splice-renewable
1. Ok dude
2. Wired headphones have less to no latency and the mic sounds BILLIONS OF MILES better.
3. Slot for SD Card, expandible storage is really Nice.
@@walrus-splice-renewable Having to buy more tech for features that used to be built into the phone itself isn't a good thing, in my opinion. I don't want to have to buy a smartwatch and wireless earphones just to avoid losing features 🤷♂
Sounds like my Note 9 😁
Can't believe nobody said IR blaster, one of the most underrated feature ever put on a phone . Only me and flossy carter cares about the IR blaster 😢
Loved messing with TV's with IR
That was always fun when I was alone at restaurants and didn't want the TVs on
Almost all the Xiaomi phone has an IR blaster and many of them offer a great set of specs and features too. If you really want IR blaster and MIUI isn't an issue for you, then I'd recommend giving Xiaomi phone's a look.
wanted ir blaster badly but i wouldnt buy xiaomi phones that doesnt fully support usa 4g and 5g which makes them unuseable as a phone. ir blaster is really handy
@@shabanabader2948 they dont work with usa 4g and 5g. would you buy them to use solely as remote? 200 to 400 usd as a remote?
So surprised LED notifications didn't come up! I miss this so much. I miss being able to tell what apps had notifications just by looking at the colour without picking up or interacting with the phone.
aod does a better job, showing the icon of the app. It was cool but I don't really miss it because we have something much better now.
Always on display best.
Ikr. It's much more simple and battery efficient. Which we can't say for the latest iPhone.
I do love AoD for this it's a fair point! But somehow especially in corporate settings I felt glancing at an LED across the table was a lot more discrete then clearly staring at my phone screen to check on the app icons. Maybe I'm a niche case I don't know.
@@kramshiron nah. I guess its use case. You leave your phone on the desk, the coffee table, the arm of your sofa; you can tell from the other side of the room what was going on.
AOD is great provided its in your hand/on your desk right Infront of you.
FM Radio. Love to have this especially at baseball games to listen to commentary. Great when live internet streams are delayed.
No headphone hack since they made the headphones the antenna. That sucks.
There's apps for that now
also worked well at drive in cinemas. meant i didnt need to kill my car and i could use my turtle beaches while getting 2 channel virtual surround
@@nicolashromyk5397 Yeah, but it's over the internet.
@@nicolashromyk5397 if you like burning data sure
I honestly miss the back fingerprint reader, but the thing I miss most about it is the swipe down to show notifications shade. I used that feature all the time.
Coming from a Pixel 5 to the 7 I was most worried about losing the rear fingerprint reader because of the swipe function. Somehow I've got used to the 7 really quickly. I like I can unlock when it's on the table without lifting it up. And swiping down on the home bar has become 2nd nature. So weirdly I haven't missed it like I thought I would
Atleast you can still do that on phones which have the fingerprint reader on the powerbutton
You can kinda still do this, but not on the back. It's not nearly as smooth. Swipe down quickly on the bottom of the home bar. May need to enable it in settings. Works on my P7. Definitely miss the rear fingerprint reader though.
Had the Nexus 6P, and still miss that back fingerprint scanner to this day
@@tacktful But how often do you do that though?
The IR Blaster I loved that thing , I use to play so many pranks on people and always losing my Google remote lol
Omg me toooooo. I would turn off my college roommates tv randomly 😅
Wow you brought back good memories 😂
IR blaster is something that is so underrated but very useful. At my workplace, one AC remote gets passed around to change the temperature on multiple ACs. With an IR blaster phone, I don't have to go look for the remote.
I loved the stereo front facing HTC speakers and the squeeze for assistant
I never had a phone with the squeeze feature but really would love some good front facing speakers!
fingerprint scanner on the power button is honestly a good place for it. both in display + power button would be great.
I like when the fingerprint sensor power button also supports gestures like swiping, I think the Asus ZenFone 9 has that
@@RealUlrichLeland totally agree. It makes an otherwise single use button more functional!
@@RealUlrichLeland my fold 3 has it too
@@RealUlrichLeland
Sony Xperia got you
I wish we had AM/ FM radio antennas. That would be so cool I love listening to the local radio
you could still listen yo FM but AM is lost forever
Three features I truly loved in older phones. 1. Physical Keyboard. (I love the LG f-9100 and the Blackberry 7520). 2. Removable Battery. 3. Direct connect (walkie talkie on Boost/Sprint/Nextel phones). I recently purchased an NEW blackberry phone, but it is just not the same. The keyboard is much smaller and the size of the phone is also smaller.
What are fake buttons?
I remember the BBM days, where you'd get LED notifications based on different types of notifications. That was great!
It’s funny how almost every feature they mentioned (side fingerprint, headphone Jack, front stereo speakers) are still done by Sony but none of them mentioned Sony or gave them any credits for still doing them.
The fingerprint sensor on the back also served as a fast way to bring the drawer up and down. That was very very nice because it is so far to reach the drawer.
Just learned about this rn and tested it. 🤯
You can double tap the back of pixels for that
I feel to some extent tech content creators kept pushing for under finger print sensor originally. The back made way more sense. It also allowed for swipe down for notifications. They also called for less bezels which got rid of front facing speakers
I personally like both nearly equally. Loved the back fingerprint reader on my Pixel XL. I like the under-the-screen fingerprint reader on my One Plus 7 Pro. I guess if it costs less money the on-the-back works.
I used to like physical fingerprint sensors best until I used faceid and now I don’t want anything else
@@ILoveGrilledCheese I still prefer my underscreen fingerprint sensor. Wear anything, do anything, take your phone out with a thumb on top and it'll be open by the time it's out.
Agreed, bit people don't like to admit they were wrong ;P
@@planefan082 I use a screen protector and the under display fingerprint scanner gives me so many issues
BRING BACK EXPANDABLE STORAGE!
I am not downgrading my phone to one with less storage, and until I get a new phone with it I'm sticking with my note 20 ultra
But then they can’t sell you new phones!
@@IWTBFOY They aren't selling me new phones anyway until it comes back, why would i downgrade? my phone is fast enough for anything I'll want to do on it, I just want to be able to access my files wherever i go, without having to pay for cloud storage, whether or not i have internet
The Fairphone is a good phone that has it
@@boas_ if my phone gets irreparably damaged I might consider it, that would solve the fact that you can't root US based Samsung phones for me, (and let me do things that my phone is to locked down to let me do) but in the meantime I'm okay with this
I don't think I'm gonna be able to get any phone from a major manufacturer anymore though
I'm happy with my Xiaomi Note 11s and a 512 GB samsung evo sd card
I’m an iPhone user and I have been since my first smartphone… but fingerprint sensors on the back were awesome. I’ve had two phones with that for work, an LG V30+ and Google Pixel 4a, and I know iPhones won’t get that but I wish they would. Even beyond unlocking the device, I loved how the Pixel would let you control the notification shade with that rear sensor. That was the best part.
all companies should put 2 finger sensor front and back along with facial unlock
I honestly bought the pixel 5a for this reason.
Had a dream where the fingerprint sensor was on the back apple logo
You could control the notification shade with the rear sensor on the LG as well! It was buried in the settings though
Loved that on my S9+
I miss home buttons, but specifically the one on phones like the Note 9 where you squeeze the bottom center of the phone and it acts as a physical button without taking screen real estate.
Yes!!!!
Im using note 9 and i love it
I LOVE THAT. I had the s9 and it had the back fingerprint sensor. loved the size of the phone too
Besides the obvious ones like expandable storage and headphone jack, the IR blaster.
I loved the early Google phones with the trackball. That was genius. It solved the problem (we no longer have) that helped to better navigate sites that weren't designed for small phone screens. The precision really came in handy
front facing stereo speakers on the htc one m7 were awesomeee :'( i miss them
My first phone was Xperia ZL in red. I really miss the I.R. blaster on that thing. Having a backup universal remote right on your phone was pretty badass. I could even control R/C cars!
This video is full of nostalgia and I miss my htc boom sound speaker so much I still have the htc one m8 and it was such a great time back then 😭😭😭
Those speakers were the truth on the GR8 M8..
The best thing of having the “track ball” was you could use it for a mouse when doing rpc stuff and is something that could be nice to bring back
It wasn’t an actual track ball it was ir so should be water resistant
I had one phone (Honor 8 I think) that had the fingerprint sensor on the back and on top of it being comfortable to use and really fast it also functioned as a clickable button! This phone also had another feature that worked way better than I expected and that I miss: You could "knock" on the screen using your knuckles to perform customizable actions. I remember having a double knock take a screenshot and a knock followed by drawing an S take a scrolling screenshot. I know this sounds like something you see in a marketing video once and never actually use but I found it fun and reliable to use and had zero experiences where something like a normal finger tap misregistered as a knock.
I have used the s10e for about two years and I love the fingerprint sensor on the side. It's the best feature ever invented on a phone!!!
The LG button Layout where the fingerprintsensor is on the back and also doubles as the powerbutton.
Also fingerprint gestures (on fingerprintreaders on the back).
IR-blasters.
Squeezable sides with programmable functions.
Sd-Card slots.
Easier bootloader unlock methods.
Clean camera-layouts, that don't take up half of the space on the back (especially annoying when you had a phone, where there was a wallet integrated into the case, but your new phone has to big of a camera cutout, so cards don't fit on the back anymore).
Integrated software side call-recording.
I think a watch crown style button/dial on phone could be interesting to me
I think it would be fun to do this question including the feature phone era as well.
The thing that was great thing about the back finger print scanner was being able to pull down notifications with it.
This video made me feel a lot better about still using a Galaxy S9+ with it's headphone jack and rear fingerprint reader.
I had no idea how effortless phone unlocking can be until I got a phone with a rear fingerprint reader. Damn, it's fast and easy.
3D Touch was SO underrated and failed because it was never fully explained or marketed.
Peak and pop were legitimately new ways to interact with an interface and long press is clunkier and not an adequate replacement.
Also on pubg mobile you could map the fire button to a hard press so both thumbs could be on the screen and all you had to do was press harder to fire. Actually no meaningful alternatives to this functionality.
It had so much potential and I kept my 3D Touch enabled iPhone 8 for as long as I could
THIS!
I really loved my pixel 3's squeeze for assistant because now on my pixel 5 the corners occasionally activate by mistake
300K CONGRATS!
There are a number of features that I wish would be brought back from the old Black Berry days and especially the squeeze feature from the Pixels
Yeah I'm gonna miss the squeeze when I upgrade
squeeze was actually from htc, who also produced the pixels back then
a keyboard accessory would be nice though, and not the Samsung keyboard cover but an actual slab with real buttons that attaches to the phone screen
Micro SD slot is a HUGE feature we need back
The Fairphone is a good phone that has it
Most useless feature imaginable. Haven't needed one in nearly 15 years
I know right? Actually had to reset my S21 and the backup failed on me, so I didn't managed to have everything backed up and have to start anew... if only it has the slot, I just don't need to worry about backups failing on me
Of course, I still keep my SD Card that contains everything from 2017, I just can't have my S21 read it internally, and I refuse to spend money on a dongle for it
@@TraceguyRune what don't like a cheap backup solution where you can simply swap with other devices to transfer data and whatnot as well? alright keep buying extra storage at manufacturer dictated prices then. Thats fine as well.
@@TraceguyRune useless feature? Don't know about that but congrats on not fully using your storage space , I'm sure I'm not the only one who has tons of pics/videos games and emulators which takes up space, adding more storage was as simple as an SD card, now I gotta delete content to make room for content and subscribe to a monthly subscription for cloud storage/backups. lame.
Talking about under screen finger print sensor, I believe vivo got the biggest one, which is just bit smaller than the bottom half of the screen. And they got some quick action mapped to where you scan the finger, super cool way to activate the app you want directly from the lock screen!
I think my perfect phone would be a marriage between my previous phone, the S9+, and my current one, the S22 Ultra. Along with little things from other phones:
-Headphone Jack
-Notification LED
-Fingerprint Sensor on the back
-Being able to hard-press at the bottom of the screen while doing anything to get back to home.
-Micro SD Card Slot
-1Hz-120Hz/1440p screen
-Low-Latency Stylus
-Dedicated camera button
-Alert Slider
(Also IR blaster from my old S5)
2 week battery life.
They should put a mode like the 'watch only' mode on Samsung watches. Phone only mode - it only lets you use it as a phone, and it has a super super long batter life.
Yes! This.
Samsung phones already sort of have this with 7 day battery life using only 4 chosen apps in limited functionality but taking this to the extreme would be great
Extreme battery saver is supposed to last 3 days. Nowhere near 2 weeks but it's nice to have
Bring physical keyboards!!! I had a blackberry a few years ago, and I loved all the features it had, all the shortcuts and stuff! It was so nice to comfortably be able to type without needing to look at the screen Dx
I'd argue that the slide out keyboards like in the original Motorola Droid are the best, they give much larger and more useable buttons
This is why I've been using the unihertz titan series of phones
Yeah probably not.
Maybe I use my phone too much but I can type fine without looking at the screen
@@felkmane Blackberry keyboards are on another level honestly, I tried every other keyboard
The fingerprint on the back of the phone was honestly the BEST!
One thing they didn’t mention as well was the BB10 touchscreen keyboard. That thing is still the best touchscreen keyboard I’ve ever used.
Blackberrys were good phone honestly.
Until they were not.
@@yodaisgod2 xD
Definitely loved the HTC M8!! Didn’t end up getting the Google Play edition but ended up flashing it to turn it into one, definitely felt super smart doing it at 13!
HTC M8 was perfection.
Such a good phone. I miss it immensely.
I wish notification blinkers would make a come back. It's easier than ever thanks to OLED screens, since it doesn't even need to have a dedicated led light. It could just be a small glowing dot in the corner.
I think some apps can do that.
Love the fingerprint sensor on the back of my Pixel 5. It's also great using it to swipe the notification bar up and down. On my Honor 8 that fingerprint sensor was also a button and you could tell the phone what to do on a single press, double press or a longer hold. That was awesome
No wonder people don't buy Sony phones. All this talk about discarded features and not a single mention of Sony. Headphone jack, stereo front facing speakers, LED notification light, side mounted fingerprint scanner, No notch or hole punch or any screen cutouts, tool-free SIM removal tray, etc. They still have a ton of the features. Sony's 5 series of phones are great.
One thing I would love (maybe it exists) is the Windows Phone keyboard. It had a little nib so you could move your curser anywhere without tapping where you wanted it or only being able to go left or right with the spacebar on Gboard. It was a really nice feature. I wish most modern features would go away. Glass backs, notches, removal of useful features, those can all get hecked.
Lol Sony is not loved here. At least in mkbhd and his related channel. All craps about wanting the features back but talking crap about them when reviewing xperia
@@fantasytky28 For real. His reviews can be summed up as "bad name, too much focus on pro features", but then here they are, basically dreaming of Sony phones. 😂
@@Just-Michael dreaming about most of the features that exists all the time on Sony but "accidentally" forget to even mentioned about Sony and bring up s10e and Asus instead especially about the iconic side power button that Xperia literally been doing for decade.
It's literally like discussing about 4k screen on phone but not mentioning Sony or talking about water resistant phone but not mentioning about Sony.
Oh I miss the squeeze so much from my pixel 2! God I loved it ❤
Typing this on the pixel 2 I still rock.
Pixel 4 XL soli sensors. Being able to use the face recognition at night and the the gestures to stop/play, rewind/forward the next track was super cool. Upgraded to a Pixel 7 Pro and I miss it.
The squeeze feature was so good. I loves using it on my pixel 4 for google assistant. It worked like a chime
smartphones need to bring back front facing speakers.. those were the best. im okay to sacrifice a bit of screen, especially when more tech can be hidden in the bezels.... means no more cutouts etc.
This feature is for iPhones specifically, but I wish they bring back 3D Touch. While Haptic Touch is able to do most of the things 3D Touch did, it’s still slower, especially for things like moving the cursor when you’re typing.
Samsung had it too but only for the "digital button" at the time.
My first smartphone was a HTC Desire Z with a slide out keyboard. Chunky phone and idk how it performed compared to what else was out there, but I loved it, and I do miss that physical keyboard. Even used it for a little emulation;-)
How do you take a screenshot on the iPhone 14 since there's no home button
I have been trying to figure it out for the last 3 months
I prefer squeezable sides because I like having a manual assistant option for the same reasons of having Google homes in my room I'd prefer respond. Also because I'd rather have my power button open the power menu because it's a power button so it should do power things.
I also definitely miss the back mounted fingerprint sensor. I've had my Pixel 7 Pro for about a month now and I still miss the back sensor from my last three phones before it. I used the swipe the sensor for notification shade feature a LOT.
Also also, and most importantly, BRING BACK THE HEADPHONE JACK. Because that's another feature from my past phones that I am SORELY missing on my 7 Pro. Even more so than the sensor on the back. Headphone jack is the primary feature that needs to be brought back. And companies need to not remove the SIM tray like apple did and keep the USB-C port and clicky power buttons. We enter the dark ages as soon as companies start getting rid of everything.
Anyone else remember the built in kickstands? It was so nice for watching videos without having to prop it up against something.
That's why you buy cases some come with kickstand.
@@jackkraken3888 ya, I've got one, but was nice not to have to do that
Side mounted finger print reader is the most popular manual reader. Mostly on budget phones
The power button having the fingerprint reader in the fold 3 is so clutch. Works amazing
The S4 had eye scrolling on the web browser! It was gimmicky but with social now it would be amazing
I've been wanting this forever! They already had that?! Gimme
On Samsung phones you can configure it so you can hold the power button to get Google Assistant
Back fingerprint reader for sure. And the ability to swipe on it for notification bar. I wanted them to add more directions on it. Like a track pad.
I still miss the BlackBerry keyboard soo much - but I loved it in the PRIV phone...such a bummer this concept of high end phone with slide out keyboard didn't stick around...
Removable batteries
I like the idea of fingerprint sensors on the power button, your thumb usually rests there, so it just feels natural. On screen sensosrs are just all bad in one way or another. Also: headphone jack and good speakers
The Pixel 3 was the only Android I had and squeezing the sides to activate assistant was one of my favorite features!
wait, AND they took away the wide angle selfie camera?! That was another one of my favorite features!
Squeeze for assistant was so useful, used it all the time
The headphone jack
Mmm nah 👎🏼 I rarely use wired earphones
also with hifi dacs like the lg phones, zte axon 7 and htc phones
@@johannulloa5991 I just like the infinite battery life, and I don't like losing one ear bud
HEADPHONE. JACK. PLEASE.
my old xiaomi phone was able to turn on itself when there was an incoming alarm, so you could turn off your phone completely before going to sleep... loved this feature.. missing it on the Pixel 6.
Yes! I miss this, I had it on really old phones.
I feel like a trackpad on a finger print scanner on the back of the phone would be handy for using the phone without obstructing the screen with your fingers all the time. Maybe good for scrolling feeds or a larger phone
I recently found the press to activate the assistant option on my Zenfone and it's so useful. I was also struggling with my phone assistant responding instead of the speaker and now that's gone
I have so many fond memories of my nexus one. That glowing trackball was awesome and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise
I miss notification lights and haptic notification alerts- I had that on my galaxy core and I loved it. You get a very gentle buzz when you pick up your phone when you have a notification
5:20 - I moved back from iphone mini13 to pixel 4a mainly because of the fingerprint sensor in the back. I'm using 4a now until I find another newer small sized android phone.
They should bring an LED type of notification on the iPhone with the dynamic island. Add it to the space where the pixels are black similar when your phone tells you when your using your mic or camera.
I miss the original moto x. I wish it were released as an all screen phone with new internals. That mobile always felt magical. Had used the 2nd gen x and both the first and second gen turbos too but the 1st gen moto x was always the goat.
Expandable storage and user replaceable batteries should come back as well as the headphone jack (for my growing IEM collection.)
The trackball on my blackberry pearl with led glow notification on the trackball was super awesome
HTC One M8 was ahead of its time I also remember they had the “ultra pixels “ for low light photography before the other major brands
My experience with the camera on the M8 was ok. But man, best third party android skin and speakers.
3:37 I don't know why it's not baked into the OS, but in Goodlocks Registar module, you can set the long press side key to do whatever you want including Google assistant
Indeed. And change the settings menu! That's one sweet module!
I miss the back fingerprint sensor so much. the shortcut for the notification shade made it so useful. I have a zfold and it being on the power button "works" but it misreads my fingers constantly and because its on a part of the phone I touch frequently its always trying to read my fingers or if my palm accidentally touches it. I've had so many "your phone is locked try again in 30 seconds" which I never got on my iPhone 7 or when I had a phone with a back fingerprint sensor.
The best form factor was the Sony Ericsson P910. It's an absolute shame that didn't do better. We had the ability to add/remove the flip like a watchstrap (a lil more complicated, but the potential..)
I always have issues with Okay Goggle going to my phone even when its laying face down on my desk next to my assistant. Its random and it sucks for setting alarms
The HTC U11 is my favorite phone of all of my phones.
I loved the squeeze feature. I had it set up for the camera and it was just so natural and worked great on gloves too.
I enjoyed the HTC squeeze feature but tapping the back as another input is something that could return faster than squeeze.
I use my Pixel 4 squeeze for assistant all the time - good for quick commands to turn on or off lights here and there.
Finger scanner on the back for sure!
LED colour notification.
When Google Assistant button didn't exist.
When it was easy to create/import your own totally custom ringtones.
I still squeeze my Pixel 6 Pro like the P4. Loved that feature to bring up Assistant.
LG's G3 buttons on the back. Volume, power and finger print sensor all on the back. Sides of the phone were buttonless and super clean.
it's unreal that we ditched the physical keyboards. Typing on a blackberry was great. Definitely wrote more.
The retina scanner on the S8 and S9 was really handy for secure unlocking if you had gloves on.
3d touch is a feature i surely missed. there's a satisfaction on pressing harder on the screen than holding on an icon.
Wait at the begeninnning what was Marques tlalking about about the HTC U11 squeezee buttons?
HTC U12+ squeeze was great. you could adjust sensitivity, any shortcut was an option for short or long squeeze . i had a long squeeze for camera and the next squeeze would take a picture. it was insanely useful with gloves in the winter.
Robin phone with the finger print reader on the power button, loved it.