• crib@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    it’s sad that replaceable batteries got extinct in just a few years. In my opinion replaceable battery is a great selling point and I know I’m not the only one so I’m surprised that the market are not able to provide this…
    Especially now a days when phones have stagnated and having a 5 year old phone is nothing strange anymore.

    I used to have a replaceable battery to my old LG G3 and it was great to just swap batteries and directly having a fully charged phone. Now I always have to have power banks or try to charge up during train rides or whatever and having to worry that I don’t have enough juice

    • dan@upvote.au
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      1 year ago

      I used to have two batteries for my first phone, a Nokia 5110. It was a hand-me-down from my mum. I don’t know why we even had two batteries for it since the batteries used to last forever.

      At some point, the industry became obsessed with making phones as thin as possible, removing standard things like removable batteries and the 3.5mm audio jack in the process. I wouldn’t mind if my phone was a big thicker in exchange for those features. :(