Revenant Ghost
Android Expert
I have an old HTC EVO3D. Ironically enough, I never use the 3D camera.
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What smartphone feature do you never use?
- Thread starter lunatic59
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Seems to be NFC is the one you either definitely use all the time and is almost essential, e.g. Google Pay in the US, or public transport travel cards, or you never use it at all. On this forum, it's sometimes asked in Android Questions, what does this "N" icon mean in notification?
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KOLIO
Guest
Guessing this is a factor that went into OnePlus' decision to cut NFC from their latest offering (s).
DragonSlayer95
Resident Air Bender
+1
It never got used on my former 3vo with the exception of 3d spiderman game that came on it lol
Nfc, Bluetooth, swipe to capture etc etc everything bloat in Samsung that tries to make it more than just a smartphone never gets used.
For what it's worth ... I know one Android user who had used his phone for 14 months and never knew that he could add applications to it. He only used the pre-installed apps.
No I am not making this up.
... Thom
No I am not making this up.
... Thom
Gmash
Extreme Android User
Wow!
I know a lot of people were howling about that, and probably most of whom likely never used it. On the other hand, NFC is a flagship feature, and the OP2 was supposed to be a "flagship killer" LOL
Wechat supports NFC for exchanging contact details, you touch the phones together, but I've never used it for that either. I've found it's just as easy to scan a Wechat QR code from the screen, and every smartphone has a camera of course.
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KOLIO
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I think the NFC/I-R Blaster & SD Card are all flagship features.
Those that are steering away from Samsung's latest have valid points,as one is supposed to be a multi-tasker/Swiss-Army knife (NOTE5) & the other a media powerhouse (S6 Edge+).
Stripping features perfectly suited for those qualities is a real head scratcher...........
If we follow the logic that Samsung & OnePlus presumably used to ditch these features (seldom used/not necessary/etc...),what's gonna be next?
At this rate,in about 3-4 years,we'll be right back to where we were about 10-15 yrs ago,or worse,on par w/Crapple.........
Revenant Ghost
Android Expert
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Although there certainly are people who never bought an sd card, I doubt even their marketing department could call that "seldom used" with a straight face.If we follow the logic that Samsung & OnePlus presumably used to ditch these features (seldom used/not necessary/etc...),what's gonna be next?
At this rate,in about 3-4 years,we'll be right back to where we were about 10-15 yrs ago,or worse,on par w/Crapple.........
Samsung claim it's because their new storage tech is so much better that sd is too second-class to inflict on people, but that smells of self-serving bovine excrement. My guess is that they figured that it would be more profitable to sell larger fixed storage, and the technology story is trying to hide the motivation while claiming that everyone else's products are inferior.
That's true, that Samsung 64GB of flash storage is a lot more costly and precious and profitable when it's internal.
"Smartphone" but not Samsung Smartphone.
this thread has revealed to me how little i actually need a cellphone.
i never use: nfc. headphone jack. google now. camera. bluetooth.
rarely use (maybe once a month): dialer
i think the only time this past week that i even pulled the thing out of my pocket was to cast netflix to my t.v. and i could have easily just used the roku, but i was too lazy to sit up and reach for the roku remote that was 8 inches out of reach.
so what the heck do i even have the damn thing. i'd be adequately served with semaphore, or maybe even smoke signals.
i never use: nfc. headphone jack. google now. camera. bluetooth.
rarely use (maybe once a month): dialer
i think the only time this past week that i even pulled the thing out of my pocket was to cast netflix to my t.v. and i could have easily just used the roku, but i was too lazy to sit up and reach for the roku remote that was 8 inches out of reach.
so what the heck do i even have the damn thing. i'd be adequately served with semaphore, or maybe even smoke signals.
Definitely the fingerprint sensor. Still a gimmick IMO.
Wi Fi Direct. With 74 (?) some odd radios in the thing, it's vulnerable enough. Nope.
Headphone jack? Want it there but hardly use it.
NFC, unexplored but looking for an app that would make use of it.
Wireless charging? Unexplored as well.
IR sensor? Love it, use it daily since I am surrounded by TVs and converter boxes at work.
Wi Fi Direct. With 74 (?) some odd radios in the thing, it's vulnerable enough. Nope.
Headphone jack? Want it there but hardly use it.
NFC, unexplored but looking for an app that would make use of it.
Wireless charging? Unexplored as well.
IR sensor? Love it, use it daily since I am surrounded by TVs and converter boxes at work.
techflunkie
Newbie
How about the phone feature of the smartPHONE lol I can't remember the last time I actually called someone.
hiredgun
Android Expert
Let's see, I don't even know what an IR blaster is, so I guess that should top the list for sure, lol. But I have never ever used bluetooth, and being Italian I never use Google Maps either! If Columbus could find American by himself, I can find any place on my own too, lol.
But Columbus was trying to sail to India...
Yeh, Columbus was trying to find India, finding America wasn't his intent.
chanchan05
The Doctor
NFC and Voice Commands. Others I don't use would probably be stuff I forgot exists.
hiredgun
Android Expert
As I understand it mate, they were working on the off ramp and he had to take the next exit! 
What's so wrong about heading out to the gym and ending up at a Dunkin Donuts by mistake?
What's so wrong about heading out for the United Kingdom, and ending up in Japan by mistake.
"This is Tokyo!" Flight of the Navigator, when the kid was trying to find his way home to Florida.
"This is Tokyo!" Flight of the Navigator, when the kid was trying to find his way home to Florida.
So what you're saying is the navigation systems on Indonesian airlines was either designed by Columbus or relies on a smartphone GPS?
So you're flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on Malaysia Airlines....
Apologies everyone, but I couldn't resist.
I now use only British Airways, Air China or Aeroflot.
Apologies everyone, but I couldn't resist.
I now use only British Airways, Air China or Aeroflot.
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