Comment on Lexar unveils the world's first SD cards made of 316 stainless steel

mox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Seriously. Let’s light a fire under this trend.

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    While we’re at it, let’s get back to all metal phones! Screw this glass back shit.

    For the “Wireless” charging people:

    It’s a gimmick, nothing of value is lost

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    • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Wireless charging rocks, dude

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      • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        True wireless charging would definitely, the kind where your phone being in the mere vicinity of the “base station” allows it to start charging. From an actual distance larger than a handful of centimeters. That would be a feature worthy of the sacrifice of a metal body and being stuck with glass

        The “Wireless” charging marketing gimmick is just as bad as the “Hoverboard” gimmick vs a real Hoverboard a la Back to the Future.

        Its basically just a plug shifted from a socket to the back of the phone. It’s almost always slower and saves a second or 2 at most from having to plug/unplug it. Some minor pros, but not worth having to be saddled with annoying and fragile glass backs.

        It’s a gimmick so companies could say their phones totally have wireless charging so they didn’t have to spend the R&D money to develop actual wireless charging and you bought into it hook, line and sinker.

        There were some promising developments on real wireless charging, but ever since the fake gimmick caught hold it’s been awfully quiet. Another victim of marketing I suppose.

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    • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      “All right team this is the single most dropped item in the history of mankind we need to make this thing tough what are we gonna manufacture the backing out of?”

      “Glass?”

      “…….Brilliant!! You’ve got upper management written all over you, Jacobs!”

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    • pycorax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I know it’s counter to what the thread is saying but I really miss plastic phones. They allowed for wireless charging and don’t shatter so easily. Lumias had amazing designs and were built like a brick.

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• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I respect the sentiment, but is the amount of plastic in an SD card really that significant? There’s probably more in just the packaging alone.

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  • mox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      This is more like taking the first step, getting distracted by a cool bug, finding an interesting stick, and going home to show Mum your cool stick.

      An SD card lasts for years, and the amount of plastic in one is negligible. It’s just not an issue.

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      • dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Any reduction in plastic is a good thing.

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