I've had a Motorola Z2 play for many years with a wireless charging/battery mod pack. However it has finally died so I need to replace it. Motorola gave up on mods and only has a couple of phones that support wireless charging and they are missing the other 2. Samsung has nothing either (3 different chat people).
Does anyone make a phone with wireless charging, SD slot and headphone jack?
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tismydroid
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It seems that it has been years since phones have included a headphone jack. However, with a headphone to USB-C adapter you can plug a set of headphones into the charging dock. There are also headphones that have the USB-C connection. There may not be phones released in the past year that have expandable SD storage but there are several that do have expandable storage released a couple years ago including top end Samsung devices. Almost all phones in the past few years have wireless charging.
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Found a couple!
Nokia XR20, which others on this forum have had good things to say about as well: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_us/nokia-xr-20/specs?sku=VMA750D9FI1CN0
Sony Xperia 1 III: https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_1_iii-10712.php
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Nokia XR20, which others on this forum have had good things to say about as well: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_us/nokia-xr-20/specs?sku=VMA750D9FI1CN0
Sony Xperia 1 III: https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_1_iii-10712.php
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TCL 20 Pro 5G also has all 3, but I usually caution against TCL, because their firmware (at least on the TCL Tab 8) tends to be overly aggressive with killing apps in the background (that can't be completely controlled by the user): https://www.tcl.com/ca/en/products/mobile/tcl-20-series/tcl-20-pro-5g
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Yeah, the Blu F91 5G. Its a nice phone at a great price...
Nice, I forgot about BLU!
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I keep such an adaptor in the side-pocket of my key pouch. Very little chance of losing it and even less chance of accidentally leaving home without it.
Mind it is only used for those rare occasions when I misjudge the amount of time left in the charge of my Bluetooth earphones. After being a long-time anti of Bluetooth as it was a battery-burner on my old Windows Mobile phone I am now a complete convert.
fuzzylumpkin
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Just leave it permanently attached. How many 3.5 mm plugs do you interact with on a daily basis, 1 or 2?
You can't really complain about only being able to find a 2020 phone when you are looking for 2018 features though...
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Every single one of them is GSM only. While I know that only the US uses CDMA I didn't think that would be such a limiting factor. Any other ideas? If forced I'll give up the headphone jack but it's still very limted because in general only the top of the line have wireless charging and only the cheapest usually have SD slots.
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I'm not an American, so I'm not totally certain of this. But I think you'll have trouble finding new CDMA phones, as it's yet another dead technology.
As far as I know, Verizon are shutting their CDMA network down at the end of the year.
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You could also consider getting service from a MVNO unless you're locked into a plan with Verizon.
I'm already on an MVMO (Total I believe) on Verizon's towers. I'm very hesitent to change as everyone else's coverage sucks where I live. (Wife has AT&T on her work phone and is dependent on wifi at home. I tried T-Mobile a couple of years ago and it wasn't any better than AT&T.) I do know T was supposed to be getting much better, especially in rural areas due to their purchase of the spectrum that used to be the high number TV stations. The problem last time I tried was no phones were supporting that spectrum then.
Does anyone have more details on the spectrum bands (what they're named mainly)?
Does anyone have more details on the spectrum bands (what they're named mainly)?
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Verizon is no longer activating new devices on CDMA due to the impending shutdown. You need to make sure the phone supports Verizon's 4G bands and can also support VoLTE on their network, since that's how calls are made now. You can check compatibility here: www.verizon.com/bring-your-own-device/
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I would also note that Verizon can be pretty finicky about the phones it allows on its network, so just because a phone seems to support Verizon's bands, that doesn't automatically mean it'll work. That's why the compatibility checker is important.
Unbelievably just the 2019 Samsung S10 has all of that range. It is still the best option for anyone still requiring a headphone jack and still outperforms every phone which still has the headphone jack apart from maybe the Asus Zenfone 9 (except that comes up short on wireless charging). I'm going to keep my S10 going as long as possible, despite its increasingly poor battery life. I can't be without a headphone jack, working with bands where it allows me to plug straight into any mixing desk, analogue or digital, or into a mates speaker at a party etc. Last week I was at a school fete where the only way to connect with a PA system was via 3.5mm connection. I can't believe more people don't miss the headphone jack more for battery sapping bluetooth, where you often get signal interruption in busy places like train stations frankly. Why would people want a phone that's less flexible?
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