sms wrote:

>>> I charge mine (Pixel 4a) overnight. I don't know whether it's fast or
>>> slow; I just use the charger that came with it.
>>
>> Wait... a charger /came/ with it? Everyone on the Apple newsgroup is
>> telling us Google is following Apple's lead and skimping on chargers.
>
> It's taken a few years, but Google and Samsung have also decontented
> their products by not including a charger and removing the headphone
> jack, and in the case of Samsung, removing the MicroSD card slot.

Steve is a political animal so he's trying to intimate what isn't true.
Meanwhile, nospam is always defending Apple's flaws, to the death.

Here are the incontrovertible facts:
a. 78% have the industry standard 3.5 mm jack
b. 72% have internal portable storage slots
c. 66% of Android phones sold today have _both_ portable storage & 3.5mm

See below for incontrovertible proof... done how we always have done it.

The only reason iPhones don't have the basic hardware is for Apple to lay a
stick glue trap for its (admittedly loyal) customers to buy it back.

Apple isn't a design house.
Apple can't design a damn thing.

Apple is a MARKETING powerhouse."
Apple, like CocaCola, is great at marketing sugar water.

Google & Samsung can afford to copy Apple in their attempt to garner the
same profit margins Apple earns from its admittedly gullible customers.

However, the facts must be shown as they stood last we checked on 20220815:
https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2019&sAvailabilities=1&sOSes=2
2019 to today number of Android phones (not tablets) = 1850 = 100%
Running that same query today, we find there are 2,066 current models.

Last we checked, on 20220815, 78% had the industry standard 3.5mm jack.
https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2019&chk35mm=selected&sAvailabilities=1&sOSes=2
Android phones with 3.5mm jack = 1440 = 78%
Running that same query today, we find there are 1,581 models with it.
The percentage has dropped from 78% to 77%, which is barely a dent.

As for the internal portable storage card slot, I don't see that we listed
that in those numbers that we compiled last August on this newsgroup.

Running that test, we find there are 1,486 phones with portable storage.
https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2019&sAvailabilities=1&sOSes=2&idCardslot=1
That's the vast majority of Android phones at 72% by those same measures.

Running one more test, which is the intersection of those two features,
https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2019&chk35mm=selected&sAvailabilities=1&sOSes=2&idCardslot=1
We find there are 1,368 current Android phones with both capabilities.

That's the majority of Android phones sold today, at 66%.
Please check the numbers understanding this is the _same_ test we've always
run.