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Have cellphones abandoned the infrared?

Was wondering about this for some time now. IR was once a staple feature for connectivity options on mobile phones and it was even more common than Bluetooth.

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Today, I almost never see infrared as a feature in the newer phones. Bluetooth survived but it looks like IR was totally forgotten. And I thought there was much more potential with transferring data thru light/lasers than radio signals, tech-wise.

I might be wrong though. There could be low-end models that still have IR in them. Has anybody bought a cellphone recently that has IR in it?

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

33 Responses

  1. Avatar for rgpod rgpod says:

    infrared…naalala ko tuloy mga indians…peace

  2. Avatar for PhilippineSecurity PhilippineSecurity says:

    im still using my nokia 8310, and the ir feature is nice. im using this phone for my pldt landline plus prepaid. on my camera phone, i use bluetooth to transfer files, it is much faster and more secure

  3. Avatar for Adi Adi says:

    IR is obsolete and time consuming for you need to aline both Ir devices and quit moving it or else u’ll lost the connections. But, IR is safer from virus and unwanted data. syempre kelangan mongang i aline to other ir device para mag tansfer or mag receive ng data, unlike on BT, if ur BT is open ay nako maraming pumapasok, kasi open nga.. ano kaba! hehe!!…. Pero sa BT parin ako madaling pasukin e haha!!

  4. Avatar for NetBooks Philippines NetBooks Philippines says:

    Most of the users depend on bluetooth, faster than IR and no need to be align.

  5. Avatar for agentmango agentmango says:

    Not really abandoned. But maybe on its way. We are going to a generation of high tech gadgets. Many fones remain the IR but most use bluetooth.

  6. Avatar for alejojoe alejojoe says:

    most of the phones “i know” have IR-ready feature but not actually a built-in package.

  7. Avatar for Martha Martha says:

    Me I have a phone with an IR, it’s one of the earlier versions of the NOKIA 3 series, not exactly sure what the last 3 digits are, lame no sumagot pa wala namang complete info? But I think there still are newer models with an IR. Or maybe I’m just imagining it…

  8. Avatar for Richard Richard says:

    Well, if you have a smart phone like windows mobile in it, you can still use the IR port to change channels of your TV.. just install additional software.

  9. Avatar for Andre Marcelo-Tanner Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:

    bluetooth won over this tech,

  10. Avatar for Tech Blog Tech Blog says:

    Last IR capable phone I have is N92 the 1st one that came with DVB Tv Receiver, For the entire 2 years I have that phone I have never used the IR, Now I have N96 I just found out it doesn’t have IR

  11. Avatar for Mikmik Mikmik says:

    Please be corrected. Thats how technology goes… Placed on the phone… Just using my phone for this reply, thats how i got that errors. :(

  12. Avatar for Mikmik Mikmik says:

    Pls. Be corrected. Thats how technology goes… Placed on the phone… Just using my phone for this reply, thats how i got that errors. :(

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