I care about them in that order. So if it doesn’t have popup camera I don’t care as much as if it doesn’t have audio jack.
No popup camera, but Samsung Xcover6 Pro might be your jam: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_xcover6_pro-11600.php
6gb ram, 120hz display, Android 13, Snapdragon 778, SD slot, removeable battery, 3.5mm jack, USB 3.2 w/dex support.
I have the previous version. Going on 3-4 ears now. It is good. Great even, assuming your camera requirements aren’t super high. The programmable buttons are so excellent and I wish that was a more prevalent feature.
My Asus Zenfone 8 has a 3.5mm audio jack. I believe the Zenfone 9 & 10 do as well. No removable battery or memory card slot but should be dual sim. My Zenfone 8 even has FM radio LOL.
Love my Zenfone 8 :-)
You want an Xperia. No removable battery (there are almost no “normal” phones with removable batteries) and instead of a popup camera you get a regular front camera in a tiny bezel (so assuming you don’t want a stupid hole/notch in the display that’s what you want). But they are overall solid phones with excellent DACs and very clean Android. And it’s still a mainstream, non-Chinese brand.
The only disadvantage is price, but they target a niche audience. If you can take a deal with headphones or such it’s very much worth it.
Yup. Removable batteries are more rare in flagships than headphone jacks. Currently rocking a Zenfone 6, my next one will be an Xperia - as long as they don’t mess it up by removing one of the critical features. (I’m still salty about the removal of the notification led.)
Fairphone 3+
The Motorola G73 scores two out of 3 with a headphone jack and SD card slot, but it doesn’t have an easily replacable battery or popup camera. The Fairphone has a replacable battery and SD slot, but no headphone jack.
Samsung Xcover has all but a popup camera. Marketed for industrial use.
No.
If you eliminate the removable battery requirements, there are only 9 released since 2020, mostly in China. See https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2020&nYearMax=2023&chkFrontPopup=selected&chk35mm=selected&idCardslot=1
If you care more about the removable battery than popup camera, there are more options, but still mostly from China. https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2022&nYearMax=2023&chk35mm=selected&idCardslot=1&idBatRemovable=1
there are only 9 released since 2020
The pop-up camera was mostly a “fad” of 2019, also without the removable battery requirements you could add the Zenfone 6 to the list if you include the inception year of 2019.
Gigaset GX6
Samsung S10 has Audio jack and SD slot.
That’s what I’m writing on that this very minute. It’s a refurb replacement for the S10 I killed a year ago.
Excluding the popup camera, your options seem to be low-end Nokia phones, the Galaxy Xcover6 pro, the FairPhone 3 and the PinePhone.
Has the pop up camera (has that ever been a thing?) You would probably have to go back a decade. I may remember Motorola tried to bring back easy battery replacement (where you just kept a spare battery with you and just popped it in when the phone died) but it didn’t last long. There is another phone that is still out I believe that you can replace different modules of the phone but I don’t believe it’s for convenience. The phone is geared more user repair and modifying the phone.
I remember some older OnePlus phones did it. I know Asus also did it as well.
The OnePlus 7 Pro, I quite liked that about the phone. Still have it in use as a backup.
7t Pro as well, still my daily driver! Can highly recommend it.
Such a wonderful phone! The pop up camera is so nice for privacy. I got a new phone and gave it to a friend and they still daily drive it happily.
I think I do remember the Asus phone. I think it was the zenphone 7 or 8 maybe.
Oppo Reno 2. Has everything you asked except for the removable battery. My aunt’s been using for 4 years and the cameras are really good. Cons are: EOL, it’s pretty old and has ColorOS if you do mind.
My device, Poco F2 Pro has all that aside the SD slot… It is a very solid phone though.
Currently using a CLO ROM called Neoteric (based in Paranoid Android I guess) but all AOSP ROMs are pretty fast, I just seek for the better battery backup.
No 3.5 mm audio jack, removable battery, SD slot, or pop-up camera, but I do have an iPhone.
thanks for sharing
Try the Samsung XCover 6 Pro. Ignore the criticisms of it not supporting 5G on T-Mobile networks since I use Metro PCS that piggybacks off of it and it runs just fine. Other than its rather large screen size, it feels like one of the earlier Android phones with a removable battery, expandable SD port, and the all important audio jack. It’s rather sad as consumers that one of the few models out there that have these features comes from a business phone line.
I would get that phone in a second if they didn’t put an LCD over an OLED display on it.
And you get 5g on Metro PCS?
Yep.
