Comment on Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News

• solrize@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What? No just a new battery. That’s the point.

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  • Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s the point of what this guy is saying.

    But the point of making batteries not easily removable (besides the waterproofing factor) is that when a repair shop charges them $150 to do it, lots of people will justify putting that money towards a new phone instead.

    As someone who works on phones as a hobby, I’ve seen that the percentage of people who will either hire someone to do it or buy a different phone is near 100. It’s absolutely intentional.

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    • JonEFive@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Waterproofing is a lame excuse that I won’t accept from these manufacturers. It may be not as easy as just permanently gluing the thing together, but it’s definitely possible to have a sealed battery compartment.

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      • auzas_1337@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For example cameras have been weatherproof for decades now. And you can both change the batteries and plug a bunch of stuff in them no problem.

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  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They were being sarcastic and quoting something a phone manufacturer would say.

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• Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No one is forced. Especially with fast charging.

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  • agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sure, if my battery lasts literally 30min, I’m totally not forced to buy a new phone. I’ll just fast charge my way through the world.

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    • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      30 min? LMAO.

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      • SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I literally know someone with this type of issue. Battery goes from like 70 to 20 in maybe 20 minutes

        Their phone isn’t even that old

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      • Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Toward the end of my pixel 5’s life, the battery in it lasted about 10 minutes. The phone itself was 3 years old. It happens.

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• romp_2_door@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The money is in the software services nowadays anyway. Subscription AI bullshit, cloud n stuff.

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