Just so you folks can understand what I'm up against here on the home front. Well it's my cuckcoo wife. She has been after me to cancel the two Filipino tv stations we subscribe to with our cable. They are $18 for the pair. Problem is every time I look at what she's watching it is one of those two stations.
My latest tasks are a bit different. I haven't purchased a new Android phone in 7 years. So I thought it is about time to purchase one. My must have list includes:
- Headphone jack
- microSD slot
- removable battery
- and not a must have, but having an IP67 rating or better would be nice and/or a FM radio
7 years ago and earlier, this would be easy to find a bunch of phones that checks all of these boxes. Today, you're lucky to find a phone that just checks one box. And after days of searching, I've found nothing in the consumer phones that checks two or more or boxes. Although in the business phones, I found one that checks all of the boxes except for the FM radio part. It is a Galaxy XCover6 Pro 128GB. It is pretty pricey for its specs at $600, but so are most business class phones. And like the Ford Model T, it only comes in black.
Is this the future? My whole must have list will become a dream of the past?
- Headphone jack
- microSD slot
- removable battery
- and not a must have, but having an IP67 rating or better would be nice and/or a FM radio
7 years ago and earlier, this would be easy to find a bunch of phones that checks all of these boxes. Today, you're lucky to find a phone that just checks one box. And after days of searching, I've found nothing in the consumer phones that checks two or more or boxes. Although in the business phones, I found one that checks all of the boxes except for the FM radio part. It is a Galaxy XCover6 Pro 128GB. It is pretty pricey for its specs at $600, but so are most business class phones. And like the Ford Model T, it only comes in black.
| Chipset | Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (1x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 3x2.2 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55) |
| GPU | Adreno 642L |
Is this the future? My whole must have list will become a dream of the past?
Here is an interesting cellphone. It doesn't check all of the boxes, but it is upgradable in the future.
The Anti-iPhone - Fairphone 4
If you are not interested in an upgradable cellphone, how about a laptop?
A COMPLETELY Upgradeable Laptop? - Framework Laptop Review
Drove 4 hours yesterday to watch my Brother in Law and a couple of other guys I know race. Boy was it worth it. My Brother in law who won outlaw 8.5 last year (1/8 mile run what you brung but max 8.5" tires) set a personal record 1.09 60' / 5.27 ET and a buddy in outlaw 10.5 went 4.17 ET setting a new outlaw 10.5 record and the overall track record at Centerville AR.
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