I know these DACs are awesome. But I really like the option to plug directly into the phone. Especially since the only reason not to have that is so that Apple and Samsung can sell you crappy, overpriced Bluetooth buds.

I always tried to avoid Samsung because of the amount of crapware pre-installed. Are the rugged versions better in this regard?

Only the Teracube seems to have a headphone jack, and as far as I can tell the Volla X23 would be the better option in every category.

That one looks amazing, thank you! Not sure I can hold out until December though.

Well to be fair, it’s mostly flac. Which isn’t exactly reasonable to have on a phone, but it serves as an extra backup.
And I see no reason why a new phone can’t do something my nearly a decade old phone could do.

Filtering to Android models that came out in 2025 yields 250 results.

Are you referring to the headphone jack or the sd card slot? Because geizhals.de shows 144 models having both running Android 15, ranging from 1500€ to under 100€ in price. Looks like plenty of options to me.

Beyond not wanting to carry a converter around, this is a matter of principle for me.

It’s my music library, but yes.

While that phone is probably the most interesting one I have seen so far, I doubt I would be happy with it.

Then the Motorola goes to the bottom of the list. Thank you

I doubt the added hassle of importing will be worth it. Those model numbers are really confusing. What would be the difference between the moto g56 5G that is available in the EU and the moto g stylus - 2025 that is available on the US site? The US site just says “Snapdragon® 6 Gen 3 Mobile Platform” for CPU which means absolutely nothing to me.

That goes on the short list. Thank you!

But sadly no SD-card, that’s a no-go with a paltry 128GB of storage. The XR20 does have an SD-card slot, but is 4 years old by now.

Meh, I think it’s severely held back on account of being an MMO. Like most MMOs it’s 99% facade and 1% substance. What little character development there was got toned down over time to the point where the only real choice left is the subclass selection. And while it’s cool that you have different storylines, they are extremely railroady.

But of course it’s cool that the game is still around, I guess I just don’t like MMOs.

Loki is another ARPG. Titan Quest is definitely the better game, but in Loki you actually get to choose the god you are associated with.