This currently results in Sony phones and one Ulefone one with outdated Android and a lack of updates. Sony’s phone branch is currently dying and it’s very much possible there won’t be any new phones next year. They released a single flagship this year which they recalled because of issues.
Next year phones might get a bit more interesting because of the new EU regulations coming into effect this June but almost no phones have been released just since then.
I have no idea what I’ll get but for now my current phone (Asus Zenfone 6, from 2019) just refuses to die.
For people in the US (in 2025) the headphone jack is still in the newest releases of:
Motorola Moto G Power and Moto G Stylus
ASUS ROG Phone 9
ZTE Nubia Redmagic 10 Pro
TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G
Various HMD smartphones, though they are pulling out of the US https://www.androidauthority.com/hmd-global-leaves-us-market-3576404/
Not too many options
Then buy phones with them. They exist.
The holy grail / unicorn of a phone would have:
This currently results in Sony phones and one Ulefone one with outdated Android and a lack of updates. Sony’s phone branch is currently dying and it’s very much possible there won’t be any new phones next year. They released a single flagship this year which they recalled because of issues.
Next year phones might get a bit more interesting because of the new EU regulations coming into effect this June but almost no phones have been released just since then.
I have no idea what I’ll get but for now my current phone (Asus Zenfone 6, from 2019) just refuses to die.
@bobby
@supersquirrel
For people in the US (in 2025) the headphone jack is still in the newest releases of:
Motorola Moto G Power and Moto G Stylus
ASUS ROG Phone 9
ZTE Nubia Redmagic 10 Pro
TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G
Various HMD smartphones, though they are pulling out of the US
https://www.androidauthority.com/hmd-global-leaves-us-market-3576404/
Not too many options