Suggestions for phone meeting criteria including infrared emitter

[seanspotatobusiness]

I think my Samsung Galaxy S5 is dying so I'm looking at options to replace it but I have criteria which might be hard to satisfy:

User-removable battery
MicroSD card slot
Infrared emitter (for remote control)
Fingerprint scanner
AMOLED screen (for lower power consumption when displaying black backgrounds)
Phone case available with hidden compartment for bank cards (currently using Otterbox Commuter Wallet case; a soft case which is obviously a wallet is not okay)
Not a Samsung phone (I don't like their history of price fixing and I'm still annoyed that they released a phone with an AMOLED screen and white backgrounds; they should have customised the theme to save power; I had to root the phone to achieve this)

I'm flexible on the AMOLED screen for a phone that meets my other needs. Does anyone know any candidates more powerful than the Galaxy S5 from, like, the last two or three years? Thanks!

 

[chanchan05]

The LG V20 is the last phone you can find that meets your criteria. Other than that zilch. Samsung ditched the IR on the Note 5 onwards, and the S6 doesn't have removable batteries or SD cards. The V20 is better than the G5.
The most powerful current phone that has an IR blaster still is the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Huawei is perhaps the only manufacturer left with IR blasters. They don't have removable battery.

 

[today]

LG v20 fits your criteria. I've had the phone since it launched on September 6 2016. Paid over $600 and don't see any device I'd be upgrading too if I switched. Check out Swappa for some screaming deals on a v20.

 

[lunatic59]

They are correct. To match your criteria you have your choice of any phone you want as long as it's the V20.