▲ 1028 ▼ What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* by fastandcurious@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 807 comments fedilink hide all child comments For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up
[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) Not really. EU legislation is about the right to repair, not about swappable batteries on the run permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ifGoingToCrashDont@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://mashable.com/article/replaceable-batteries-smartphones-iphones-2027 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago The law just means it needs to be replaceable with at most basic tools or specialized tools supplied with the device. permalink fedilink source parent [–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) How does one safely repair a lithium-ion battery without just swapping it for a working one? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's the difference between sitting down for 20 minutes unscrewing various components to get to the damaged battery you need to replace, vs. popping off the back cover and simply swapping out one dead battery for a charged one anytime you run out of power. The former is replaceable. The latter is swappable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) This. Like ten years ago, when Samsungs had swappable batteries, they were super proud of it. They would advertise it as a feature that Apple doesn’t have. When I was at a festival, Samsung had an activation where you could tweet at them with your phone model and location and they would send someone with a full battery to trade you for yours. It was an amazing free service that I used so many times, and every time, the jealousy on the faces of all the iPhone people was palpable. Then one year, they quietly removed the swappability from their new phones. Swappable batteries are such a huge feature that most people don’t even know that they want. permalink fedilink source parent [+] ericisshort@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] maxmalrichtig@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago Thanks! You are right. "Swapping vs. replacing" is not the same usecase. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ifGoingToCrashDont@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://mashable.com/article/replaceable-batteries-smartphones-iphones-2027 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago The law just means it needs to be replaceable with at most basic tools or specialized tools supplied with the device. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago The law just means it needs to be replaceable with at most basic tools or specialized tools supplied with the device. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) How does one safely repair a lithium-ion battery without just swapping it for a working one? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's the difference between sitting down for 20 minutes unscrewing various components to get to the damaged battery you need to replace, vs. popping off the back cover and simply swapping out one dead battery for a charged one anytime you run out of power. The former is replaceable. The latter is swappable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) This. Like ten years ago, when Samsungs had swappable batteries, they were super proud of it. They would advertise it as a feature that Apple doesn’t have. When I was at a festival, Samsung had an activation where you could tweet at them with your phone model and location and they would send someone with a full battery to trade you for yours. It was an amazing free service that I used so many times, and every time, the jealousy on the faces of all the iPhone people was palpable. Then one year, they quietly removed the swappability from their new phones. Swappable batteries are such a huge feature that most people don’t even know that they want. permalink fedilink source parent [+] ericisshort@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's the difference between sitting down for 20 minutes unscrewing various components to get to the damaged battery you need to replace, vs. popping off the back cover and simply swapping out one dead battery for a charged one anytime you run out of power. The former is replaceable. The latter is swappable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) This. Like ten years ago, when Samsungs had swappable batteries, they were super proud of it. They would advertise it as a feature that Apple doesn’t have. When I was at a festival, Samsung had an activation where you could tweet at them with your phone model and location and they would send someone with a full battery to trade you for yours. It was an amazing free service that I used so many times, and every time, the jealousy on the faces of all the iPhone people was palpable. Then one year, they quietly removed the swappability from their new phones. Swappable batteries are such a huge feature that most people don’t even know that they want. permalink fedilink source parent [+] ericisshort@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) This. Like ten years ago, when Samsungs had swappable batteries, they were super proud of it. They would advertise it as a feature that Apple doesn’t have. When I was at a festival, Samsung had an activation where you could tweet at them with your phone model and location and they would send someone with a full battery to trade you for yours. It was an amazing free service that I used so many times, and every time, the jealousy on the faces of all the iPhone people was palpable. Then one year, they quietly removed the swappability from their new phones. Swappable batteries are such a huge feature that most people don’t even know that they want. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maxmalrichtig@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago Thanks! You are right. "Swapping vs. replacing" is not the same usecase. permalink fedilink source parent
