My stupid phone is only 3 years old and it won't stay charged more than 6 hours even with casual use. It got me looking at potential upgrades and I'm so pissed... I'll *NEVER* forget what they took from us!!!
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was *PEAK* smartphone. It had:
- Faux leather removable back cover with stitching in the design
- Removable lithium battery could be replaced when nearing end-of-life
- could also remove battery for privacy if needed
- built in stylus
- headphone jack
- infrared blaster which enabled UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL APPLICATIONS!
โคท the IR made life so easy, all your TVs in one remote control IN YOUR POCKET!
โคท you could even use it at bars and restaurants to change channels or volume
- retailed at $299 ( $410.46 inflation-adjusted)
The modern equivalent is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra which does still have a stylus, but:
- no phone jack
- no removable/replaceable battery
- literally impossible to truly "power off" all the way
- no audio jack
- no IR blaster
- Retails at $1299
Oh but all 5 cameras on it are amazing so I GUESS THERE'S THAT.




