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[General question to the Android community] Have you given up on the audio jack, or do you still only buy devices that have it?

(Posting this here rather than !askandroid as it’s a quite general question)...

Small Phones are Dead and We Killed Them (www.youtube.com)

Motorola releases new 5G mid-range smartphone with 125 W charging and 144 Hz OLED display (www.notebookcheck.net)

iFixit: We’re Ending Our Samsung Collaboration (www.ifixit.com)

Why I refuse to upgrade - 8 minutes video explaining why it's not that interesting to upgrade phones nowadays (www.youtube.com)

Minimal Phone: Low-priced smartphone with E Ink display and complete keyboard (www.notebookcheck.net)

LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices (9to5google.com)

Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones (www.androidpolice.com)

Google starts rolling out a separate Contacts Ringtones section in Contacts app (thespandroid.blogspot.com)

It's time to stop thinking plastic phones can't be premium (www.androidpolice.com)

I'm tired with all this Big-Phone-Elitism

I’m someone with relatively small hands, plus I want my phone to be on the smaller side since I prefer to use my tablet/computer/tv to watch content. But this trend where many manufacturers tend to keep futures away from smaller phones to drive people to bigger phones is driving me crazy and really makes it hard for me to buy...

Remember when Google made their assistant worse and we all predicted they were planning on bringing the same features back but using AI bullshit?

Yeah. They did exactly that...

How do we feel about federating with Threads? (kbin.social)

Threads seems to be beginning to test ActivityPub federation, and since Kbin can be used for microblogging, this affects kbin.social. What are your thoughts on federating or defederating with them?

Fossil is quitting smartwatches (www.theverge.com)

Sync for Lemmy is now available for everyone (play.google.com)

Someone made an account just to harrass me. how do i report it? (kbin.social)

the acccount name is fuckyou and is downvote stalking me , account : https://kbin.social/u/Fuckyouzima

Android may soon tell you when it's time to replace your phone's battery (www.androidauthority.com)

Google clamps down on VPN workarounds for cheaper YouTube Premium subscriptions (www.androidauthority.com)

Syncthing saved my ass

Note for Americans: here WhatsApp is the de facto communication standard. Literally nobody uses SMS/iMessage/Facebook messenger/signal. And carriers still charge 2 euro for a MMS which completely kills iMessage/RCS (if accidentally send MMS, it’s expensive)...

RE: Is Ernest still here? (kbin.social)

I check in here quite often, but for now, I'm just focusing on clearing spam and keeping the instance alive. In January, I was working on the AP module, and there has been significant progress in the work, which hasn't been publicly published yet. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the year, I developed a skin condition that...