From huge performance gains to much-improved fingerprint scanners, here's what we expect from flagship Android phones in 2025.
  • Hylactor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    51·
    3 days ago

    Fairly pointless article. The six “trends” are:

    Much better battery life

    A huge leap in performance

    Thin phones

    price increases

    In-display fingerprint sensors that won’t suck

    Water-resistant phones everywhere

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      We already had all of this last year. Phone manufacturers are so useless these days… Virtually no innovation at all in over a decade.

    • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      3 days ago

      So nothing I really need, maaaybe a much better battery life would be cool, but I charge my phone every night, and I don’t think they mean it will last like 5 ot 10 times longer…

      Thanks for the job though!

  • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    3 days ago

    Without reading it I’m betting the list doesn’t include

    • SD card
    • Headphone jack
    • Unlocked bootloader
    • Replaceable battery
    • Reduced stock bloat
    • A charger
    • kirk781OPEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      Very few flagship phones offer the first two now. ( I think Xperia series had an Headphone jack). Replaceable battery is almost gone even in mid rangers. Chargers, Chinese OEMs still provide but still not Samsung or Google.

    • Martin@feddit.nuEnglish
      104·
      3 days ago

      Not getting a charger is a good thing. I’d rather not pay for the additional charger since my house is full of high quality chargers already. I don’t need another one.

      • Amju Wolf@pawb.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Lol have you noticed any drop in price since chargers were removed? There wasn’t any. If anything the prices increased, profits increased, and you now get a more expensive phone without a charger (and often even a cable).

        • Martin@feddit.nuEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          You are absolutely right, the prices have gone up. Still better for the environment to not ship a redundant charger with each phone.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        3 days ago

        Newer phones generally charge faster, I agree if it’s just a 30W charger most have that already, but my “new” phone charge with 120W, and for some phones the high Watt charging only works with the brands own chargers.

      • Thatuserguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        I mean that’s assuming they reduce the price accordingly. Which I bet they won’t. At that point, just give me the backup in the box personally

        • Martin@feddit.nuEnglish
          5·
          3 days ago

          Aren’t everyone apart from OnePlus basing their fast charging on USB PD nowadays? At least Apple, Samsung and Google phones can fast charge with USB PD. There is usually no need for a proprietary charger anymore.

          • kirk781OPEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            May companies like Realme still use Vooc charging and have not switched to USB PD. I think it’s the case with majority of Chinese OEMs.

            A similar case is seen in wireless tech where Qi or Qi2(which currently only HMD supports) isn’t the base standard for Chinese OEMs since their propreitary solutions can sometimes wirelessly charge as high as 50W in some cases.

            • Martin@feddit.nuEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              The situation may be worse than I’ve been exposed to, due to the phone brands we have in our house.

              I still think it’s better for the environment to not ship a charger with every phone, even if you cannot assume that everything is USB PD nowadays.