What's the analogue for a cell phone? Maybe, idk, the battery?
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What's the analogue for a cell phone? Maybe, idk, the battery?
Look, I’m not interested in a facetious conversation here. There is a lot of risk to disassembling a smart phone press connectors are fragile, that’s the reality of the situation. There’s a lot more to getting into a battery on a smart phone then you’re letting on. It’s the wrong device category to learn these skills on.
I'm a pretty talented mechanic, though I haven't officially worked as one since college (I'm in healthcare, now). Anyway, I still enjoy working on my vehicle and my collection of various older machines and implements. I change my own oil, transmission fluid, brakes, tune-ups, all that. I've does timing belts, timing chains, and even engine builds and rebuilds in my garage. Working on a car is relaxing after dealing with the inside of a hospital all week.
Anyway, I think a cellphone is infinitely harder to work on than even the most modern vehicle; tiny screws, tiny clips, fragile ribbon cables, etc.. I can still do it, but I don't like it and it stresses me the F out.
I'll leave my battery replacements to Apple.
Anyway, I think a cellphone is infinitely harder to work on than even the most modern vehicle; tiny screws, tiny clips, fragile ribbon cables, etc.. I can still do it, but I don't like it and it stresses me the F out.
I'll leave my battery replacements to Apple.
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I’m in the same boat with my mechanical work. I’m an IT systems administrator so it’s fun for me to work on mechanical things when I’m done dealing with technological things for the workday.
lol there are too many people that actually still say this for it to be read as sarcasm by default
Well, it isn't. So you have a choice to make. Buy 4 tools, or don't. There's no reason for people to be questioning why Apple does it the way they do. They design the phones, so they design them how they want. You can choose not to buy them if it's that big of a deal.
And who said EU is useless, who is useless now huh? These guys are true heroes, they pushed Apple to do things that were never possible before. Obviously copycats like Google, Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi will follow suit, maybe we will even get user-replaceable batteries somewhere in the future.
And yeah, replaceable batteries and waterproofing are compatible, my GoPro Hero 5 Black could tell (released back in 2016! Still works. Battery aged well and I will replace it for dirt cheap soon and will be rocking with the camera for longer)
And yeah, replaceable batteries and waterproofing are compatible, my GoPro Hero 5 Black could tell (released back in 2016! Still works. Battery aged well and I will replace it for dirt cheap soon and will be rocking with the camera for longer)
People just can't deal with a company doing something in a way they don't like. They want laws changed and everything else. It's goofy. No one is forcing you to buy Apple products. If you don't like how they do something, don't buy it. It's pretty simple.
Kinda sad to read this, you actually said real truth. Maybe you need to cut on your coffee for a week or so? I have replaced it with some nice water+lime+tea mix and can tell that having a week-long battery life is cool. My Galaxy M33 (2022 phone!) could work for 4 days of usual smartphone use before I drowned it in a toilet lol.
Being able to replace batteries is cool and nothing to be ashamed of. Manufacturers should feel shame of selling bricks that users replace when a new comes out (and reason for replacement? Battery! Many don’t even care about replacing it and just switch phones).
Btw it also has a huge impact on ecology, not really sustainable to switch devices as often. I guess recession will fix things in next 2-4 years, people would be choosing if they want a Starbucks in the morning or next new iPhone every year
Of course!
I can't believe anyone is arguing that we can't have swappable batteries because of "dust" or "water proofing" concerns.
Absolute nonsense
I wonder how do these people replace lightbulbs at home🤔
No one is arguing directly that they are exclusive. There would just have to be trade offs made in the design process. So what are you guys willing to trade off to get to that goal, and do you think consumers en masse are if the same mindset?
I would think someone in the Android sphere would have cracked this balance, but it doesn’t seem like there is a phone model with replaceable batteries (let alone with that and a good water resistance rating) on the market that consumers are clamoring for.
Anything fr. It is Apple and I am sure they know how to make things look beautiful and functional at the same time. We could have had 1 year long battery life if batteries used plutonium instead of lithium, but I doubt anyone wants to glow at night. Also, notches are tradeoffs too, aren’t they? These things have always looked ugly and distracting, yet Apple says that everyone needs a selfie camera and Face ID (I doubt it, fingerprint scanner built in Apple logo on the back could suffice)
I assume this is a joke. But try it. Battery fires are kind of entertaining. They are not at all like a gasoline fire where it is an emergency. The last time I accidently set a Lipo battery on fire I picked it up with some pliers and walked it outside and set it down on the concrete. There is no way to put the fire out, you just have to wait. I can only imagine some untrained consumer trying to pry a battery out of an iPhone with this tool, As said, it would be entertaining at least.
BTW, the above photo shows a $10 Chinese "old school" solder iron being sold at 25X the normal price. Buy the same thing on Amazon for $10 (one of the Amazon sellers even uses the same stock photo.)
I miss the user replaceable batteries that existed on Android phones 10ish years ago. You could change the battery in 20 seconds or less.
They don't have one, at the end of the day the majority and average users are not looking for swappable batties. People want easily replaceable batteries when their battery gets close to the end of life.
And phones where much thicker and had not good water resistance.
Learning to repair things should be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
I don't want to repair anything and I don't want any increase in size, volume or weight to make it easier or cheaper to repair for small devices.
Ah OK. I don’t follow the Android world - so I will take your word on that one.
As for waterproofing, I don’t see why anything would change. I mean you have to break the gaskets to replace the battery now.
In the past breaking the dsplay glass didn't often happen as now (at least to me). I have always thought that when a phone dropped on the floor, the energy was "discharged" on the weakest point, the connection between the phone and the battery and this saved the display.
Probably this isn't true, but based on my experience I like to believe it is.
Reading the comments reminds me of this old animated video I watched many years ago. Where the battery in the iPhone would slide in and out through this device and instantly fully recharge it.
Meanwhile I want to be able to repair my own devices.
And at the prices phones are getting, they should be upgradable. The world has enough disposable ewaste floating around already.
I use my phone to take pictures while diving, and one time my case cracked around 100 feet underwater. I kept swimming for another 30+ minutes. My phone survived. I had issues charging for a day or two due to it detecting water in the charging port, but after a few days it was literally as if nothing happened. Pretty incredible lol.