My stupid phone is only 3 years old and it won't stay charged more than 6 hours even with casual use. It got me looking at potential upgrades and I'm so pissed... I'll *NEVER* forget what they took from us!!!
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was *PEAK* smartphone. It had:
- Faux leather removable back cover with stitching in the design
- Removable lithium battery could be replaced when nearing end-of-life
- could also remove battery for privacy if needed
- built in stylus
- headphone jack
- infrared blaster which enabled UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL APPLICATIONS!
⤷ the IR made life so easy, all your TVs in one remote control IN YOUR POCKET!
⤷ you could even use it at bars and restaurants to change channels or volume
- retailed at $299 ( $410.46 inflation-adjusted)
The modern equivalent is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra which does still have a stylus, but:
- no phone jack
- no removable/replaceable battery
- literally impossible to truly "power off" all the way
- no audio jack
- no IR blaster
- Retails at $1299
Oh but all 5 cameras on it are amazing so I GUESS THERE'S THAT.
