Sure, yeah, taking on the Pixel without specifying the number of years of OS and feature updates and without GrapheneOS support. Pretty good title for the post
Just add back the headphone jack and SD card slot if you want to take on the Pixel
Is there something special about an audio jack that USB-C can't do? And my past experience with SD cards has been consistently poor; prone to corruption and slow-ass writes.
Is there something special about an audio jack that USB-C can’t do?
You can use your headphones without carrying around another adapter.
And my past experience with SD cards has been consistently poor
Get better SD cards?
Slow writes are generally true, I suspect for similar reasons that most usb sticks suck: trade off between price, capacity, longevity, and thermals. I've used a 1TB sd card for years withoutany issues, but now have everything on a NAS instead, so the slot sits unused.
USB-C audio isn't simple. Does the phone have built in DAC with usb pass through (most dont or its poor quality), or do you need usb DAC? Also, not all usb DACs will work on every device.
Taking on the pixel 8 without actual software support or hardware features like expandable storage to back them up. Why would you not get the pixel 8, which would get 7 years of support and replacement parts, unlike Motorola. Not wise of the author to make the comparison to the pixel.
