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Smartphones in 2025 are fun again — if you look beyond the carriers
Don't let Samsung or Apple fool you: 2025's phones are awesome.
In fact, Android Central's resident phone expert, Nicholas Sutrich, previewed the market for smartphones in 2025 at the end of last year with an outlook that could be described as depressing. From a hardware perspective, the ROG Phone 9 Pro has a 3.5mm headphone jack and two USB-C ports designed to connect to accessories like controllers or a cooling fan. Finally, I think it's worth emphasizing how much flair and customization can be added to phones, especially those sold outside the U.S. For example, the TECNO Spark 30 Bumblebee Edition is designed like a Transformer, which is insanely cool for robot nerds like myself.
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