With my N900 I used to travel with 6 to 10 charged batteries to have a few days of runtime. Things got better now with powerbanks - but for something like hiking just carrying a few spares would still be smaller and lighter.
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Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 weeks agoHow many often are you planning on replacing the battery in your phone that it would wear out?
aard@kyu.de 3 weeks ago
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Honestly for hiking I’d suggest a power bank with solar charge capability. One thing to charge them all.
aard@kyu.de 3 weeks ago
The space used by the smallest solar charger I’ve seen on Amazon seems to be similar to 6 or more batteries in the format the N900 was taking - so if you look at space, slow charging from solar charger, and reliance on sun conditions taking individual batteries seems to be the better option for a few days hike. It’s also easier to stow individual batteries to wherever you still have space left.
Petter1@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Hust make sure, that you can detach the solar panel. Batteries don’t like the heat and the solar panel most likely lives longer than the power bank, so you want them to be replaceable individually.
Piece_Maker@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
The n900 was truly the best phone ever to exist and I’m deeply upset about it not having a modern equivalent
oldfart@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Every time I’m on a longer trip and want to replace a battery with a charged one? Every time I want to be offline but carry a phone for emergencies?
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 3 weeks ago
At the moment replacing the battery is pretty much out of the question, so I prefer to optimize my charging patterns so I never ever have to get the battery replaced. However, if replacing it was a realistic possibility I might abuse the battery much more. I might even leave my devices plugged in overnight.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Is it though? Batteries themselves are something like $20-60 (e.g. Pixel 8 battery for $43, ebay listing for <$20). The battery is honestly not that expensive, the expensive part is the labor because taking modern phones apart is a massive pain.
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 3 weeks ago
It’s about 80-130 € depending on phone model, and that includes work and the battery. If I could just buy a battery online and replace it myself, the prices should be more reasonable. Apparently one day that will actually happen.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
And that’s the point here. The battery itself isn’t the expensive part, it’s the expertise and tools needed to do the swap. If phones are required to have user-serviceable batteries, users can just buy the batteries and service it themselves. Many will still go to phone repair places, but prices should come down there as well since it’ll take them a lot less time and equipment.
Sentient_Modem@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The ware would most likely come from someone that has a spare battery that is ready to go. Think of your phone burning 80% of the juice and you’re about to hop on a flight that you’re barely going to make (no time to charge). Slap that stand by battery in and off you go. That’s what I did with my old Nokia or blackberry back in the day. Oh and for my HTC aria.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sounds stupid, arent there charging ports on planes?
And other than plane where external battery is an issue, i just have a small brick that connect to my phone by the magnets on the back and wireless charges it, this is only really needed if you are doing something all day on the phone, like going around a city, taking pictures
Sentient_Modem@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
True there are places to charge on a plane or bus. My example is just what I could come with in terms of just needing instant juice. I like having the option to have power for my phone. Multiple ways to skin a cat. :)
oldfart@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Yup, I confirm, I’ve been on a plane with charging ports once. They exist.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I just bring a battery bank on longer trips. My battery easily lasts a full day, often two, and my battery bank can recharge my phone like 4 times. So on trips, I put my battery bank in my backpack, so if I ever need to charge, I can.