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minus-squareGaryPonderosa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHeadline from 2028: Why You phone Dies When It Gets Wet
minus-squareEinar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey had waterproof smartphones before this idiocy of non-replacable batteries. Ten years ago! Just some examples: Sony Xperia Active (2011) Samsung Galaxy S5 (2014) Today’s smartphones are built cheap. Sadly. Louis Rossmam explains this well.
minus-squareGaryPonderosa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWaterproofing was more difficult with replaceable batteries. It was a feature you paid extra for.
minus-squareUltraHamster64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoBut there was phones from 2010s with removable batteries and water protection. And sony have some water resistant phones with removable batteries now
minus-squareGaryPonderosa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s more expensive to waterproof a phone with a removable battery. Yes, there were phones from the 2010s that were waterproof and had removable batteries, but that was a feature you had to pay extra for.
Headline from 2028: Why You phone Dies When It Gets Wet
They had waterproof smartphones before this idiocy of non-replacable batteries. Ten years ago!
Just some examples:
Sony Xperia Active (2011)
Samsung Galaxy S5 (2014)
Today’s smartphones are built cheap. Sadly. Louis Rossmam explains this well.
Waterproofing was more difficult with replaceable batteries. It was a feature you paid extra for.
But there was phones from 2010s with removable batteries and water protection.
And sony have some water resistant phones with removable batteries now
It’s more expensive to waterproof a phone with a removable battery. Yes, there were phones from the 2010s that were waterproof and had removable batteries, but that was a feature you had to pay extra for.