I loved it when my phone had IR. I really hate it when restaurants have tvs on in the dining room. I would turn the volume down or even turn it off. I really miss being able to do that.
Phones don’t have IR blasters anymore for the same reason they don’t have aux ports or SD card slots anymore. For one, they remove these features to make room for other things that take up the real estate of a thin slice of technology. And for two, cutting those things increases the profit margin of the phones they sell, even if only slightly.
The absence of the component frees up room for the phone’s taptic engine – which allows your device to vibrate – and creates room for a larger battery.
I’m not saying I agree with it. I prefer a phone with an aux port, and apple pioneered taking it out. It is what it is
Yeah, mine doesn’t either, but I guess I could get a USB to 3.5mm, then the 3.5mm IR dongle… Eh, I’ve lived fine without it, as much as I’d enjoy having it back.
oneui is pretty decent but actually i don’t like the build quality on most older a series, including mine.
it got better with a54, a53 and a7x ones tho
I loved it when my phone had IR. I really hate it when restaurants have tvs on in the dining room. I would turn the volume down or even turn it off. I really miss being able to do that.
My Galaxy S5 was great when people insisted on watching Fox or Nancy Grace at full volume on the lunch room TV.
Most Chinese brand phones like oppo and Xiaomi still has it as standard.
I use it to control my air conditioning all the time.
what is a good phone that has it?
OnePlus Open is a recent phone I can think of with an IR blaster, but that’s a $1700 phone.
My Xiaomi 13 has it.
I wonder if that’s why phones no longer have IR blasters.
Phones don’t have IR blasters anymore for the same reason they don’t have aux ports or SD card slots anymore. For one, they remove these features to make room for other things that take up the real estate of a thin slice of technology. And for two, cutting those things increases the profit margin of the phones they sell, even if only slightly.
Cough Cough
I’m not saying I agree with it. I prefer a phone with an aux port, and apple pioneered taking it out. It is what it is
They also removed radio capabilities. Rip the days I would listen to live radio at 2 am while I washed dishes at chili’s.
I miss using my LG v20
i still have redmi note 4 with one
fully controllable with an api too
I had that phone for like 4 months and loved it! Unfortunately the police stole it when the house I was living in was raided… it was a good phone
you had the snapdragon one right?
I’m pretty sure it was the Helio series one? How come
Did that in my high school. Turned on Thomas the Train.
I was a rebel. They unplugged the TV after that
I just brought a universal remote to class, admittedly causing the TV to get unplugged as well.
I wonder if an IR dongle is a thing that’s available and would function well…
look irplus wave if you have a headphone jack
about that… :(
Yeah, mine doesn’t either, but I guess I could get a USB to 3.5mm, then the 3.5mm IR dongle… Eh, I’ve lived fine without it, as much as I’d enjoy having it back.
yeah my phone doesn’t have one (pixel 7a)
mine has tho (a52s)
well main reason I have a pixel is I hate one ui
oneui is pretty decent but actually i don’t like the build quality on most older a series, including mine.
it got better with a54, a53 and a7x ones tho