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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.

ChipsetQualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm)
CPUOcta-core (1x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 3x2.2 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPUAdreno 642L

Is this the future? My whole must have list will become a dream of the past? :(
Forget the headphone jack and pick up one of these Qudelix to plug your headphones into. Bluetooth feed from your phone and your good to go, amazing device with more features than any phone could offer.

 

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