Its obviously a conspiracy to buy more cables that get damaged when you inevitably bend it when you use and charge it.
this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2026
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phones should charge wirelessly while they're in my pocket or being held.
Or just allow the phone to rotate 180°
Cyanogen mod gang goes "what, you're phone doesn't do that?"
Fuck safety net, I was doing that in 2014 but can't do it anymore.
I kinda thought mine did but maybe im not paying attention.
They mean on its other axis
no I mean thought it would rotate through a complete rotation and i can have either side be the bottom. I really hate smartphones though and got it for work which I have not had in almost two years. I use it as a phone but have it off the large majority of the time.
That's true what I was suggesting was.impossible anyway
Directly into the back like Apple mice.
/duck
Middle of the screen, mate.
If we also get a battery that lasts 2 months with that, I'd take it.
They're on the bottom so that they work with docking devices.
I've seen a few phones that have two ports, a bottom and a side port that both with for charging. I've only noticed that on gaming phones, though.
Samsung Galaxy s1 had exactly that Even came with a sliding port cover
Why? My outlet is lower than my phone in almost every instance, so my voted going down towards the charger makes the most sense.
Besides, my IR Blaster, mic, and 3.5mm jack are at the top 😁
Have you found an app that still works with an IR blaster? My phone has one, but none of the apps work anymore.
What do you have? A Samsung note 4? Wasn't that the last phone that had a ir blaster?
My Oneplus 12 has one too.
I have a xiaomi 14 which has one, I think the non western brands have them still
is samsung considerd a "western brand"? what does this even mean?
I guess they means non-Chinese/Chinese aligned.
Alternatively, they could mean the ones popular in or marketed to the west.
Look at this fancy motherfucker with his fancy motherfucking headphone jack...
Hell yeah 😎
Mine is above where I tend to charge my phone.
Might just be a me problem
When smartphones were new you used to be able to turn them upside down and the screen would just rotate. Now you have to download an app to do that, and it doesn't always work.
It's literally a setting in android OS.
Not standard. I'm running a stock Pixel and it's never been an option. Some third party AOSP forks add it in, though.
Holy shit I never really noticed I can’t turn my iphone upside down lol. My first gen iPad rotates at any direction, but I’m guessing tablets behave differently. I don’t own a more recent tablet so I don’t know if that’s still the case. But you’re right, I remember my first smartphone could rotate at any direction.
I can still do this with my FP4 running e/OS. Just had to put a checkmark at 180° in the rotation settings.
I don't even like the few phones I had with the headphone jack on the top.
This would be a good post for !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world as long as you expand on why you think that.
I just don't like the cord running on my arm etc when I use the phone while plugged in
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Years ago I had these little magnetic lugs that you popped into the charge port and the cable just snapped onto the little magnet. Always thought I'd be cool to have a phone case with a track all the way around the phone so that the magnet cable could pop anywhere and the would charge off it. Then it's always where it's most convenient instead of right where you don't want it.
That's a fun idea, though we're more likely to get room distance wireless charging.
Can't wait for my pockets to be microwaved everytime I pass through my living room.
Too little too late. I already went through my vasectomy.
Congrats! 👍
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What? No.
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