I have enjoyed this G5 but I want to upgrade now.
Headphone jack is a needed. I would like some other features though such as an IR blaster, sd card slot, removable battery.
I am open to suggestions.
Posted Mar 1, 2019, 5:06 PM UTC
Xiaomi Mi 9 is good but no jack sadly
Cute your list may require two or three phones nowadays ir blasters headphone jack reminds me of my s5 You could always run lineage os on an s5 you'll have v extra batteries for the battery life being more limited than newer phones but maybe worth it 🤔
If MI 9 has removable battery and ir blaster I would definetly consider that
removable battery ain't gonna happen, IR only at Huawei or Xiaomi phones, sd slot only at some models of Huawei and Redmi, depends how much you care about camera and what's you budget, if you are in US there is no such phone really
As others have said - removable battery is soooo rare these days, I don't even know if any decent phones come with that.
What I can suggest is going LG G7. I've had it for some months and I'm happy with it. Has an SD card slot, great headphone jack with the quad-dac, has great performance. No IR blaster though.
Removable battery is a bygone feature unfortunately, really don't get that now. Have you considered something like a G7 or V30/35/40 perhaps as LG is one of the last top flagship producing companies to use the jack? I'd say if you want flagship performance another LG could be the best bet unless you went Samsung yet a G7 sells SO cheap now compared to launch prices