Interestingly enough replacement battery doors were plentiful for all three of the phones. But whatever, no, I'm not making this up. I made no claims to how widespread the problem is, only that for me it traversed three brands of phones and two pricing tiers. Personally I find it hard to believe I am alone here, but I offer no proof to the contrary.
Even if I was making this up despite a clear lack of motivation it is commonly understood that less moving parts means greater reliability.
There is no call for this philosophy to cause conflict, nor am I a liar because I don't have a fashionable complaint.
Palm Treo 700, Motorola generic flip phone, Nokia 3650. Not sure why you think I would lie about this. Is there a particular brand whose honor you're trying to defend?
When the Retina Macbook Pros came out, these were the ones with the integrated battery, one of their key differences over their predecessors is that they felt a good deal more sturdy. If you lifted it without folding it up it felt like it had a good deal more structural integrity. This is partly because it's lighter and you're moving less mass around and partly because the case is just plain more rigid.
I learned a long time ago (...and am open to the idea that my information is out of date) that as Windows ages the registry gets bigger. Bigger registry, longer to take for Windows to do menial things.
One way I've combatted this is I have a lot of 'portable' apps. I.e. apps that do not require an install. I have a folder full of them that gets copied from one computer to the next. A lot of them I've arranged for on my own but some of them came from a site called portableapps.com.
This is anecdotal but I've been doing this for over ten years and I'm responding to you from a Windows 7 laptop that has not been reinstalled since 2012 and I'm still quite happy with it.
Too cumbersome for a trail? You'd prefer to take your phone apart out in the middle of nowhere? Somehow I doubt you've actually tried it. Anyway, you can always do what I did and get a case with a built-in battery. I like mine because it works as a stand but some include a built-in LED flashlight, certainly useful on a hike.
And why would you need a battery pack at the pool? How much trouble do you have getting there?
Anyway, I haven't used a phone with a removable battery in years, you can clearly see you're not making me envious with your victorious tales of battery removal. You may not agree with my decision but at least I can show you a couple of old phones that are in great shape and still work well. I keep them as backup in case we have to deal with phone-theft in my house. Sometimes integration is better.
Wherever the design problem lies it happened across three different brands of phone at different price ranges. The most recent phone was a 2006 model. Perhaos modern designs are better, and that'd be great, but I'd rather have a sturdier phone.
Or you can bring a usb battery pack that solves your problem with the additional benefit of not having to reboot your phone. Plus you get more battery, removable batteries have less area to store a charge. Oh and don't forget that you can charge other stuff with that pack and not just your phone.
Heck, my battery pack has a solar panel on it, of course I'd take that hiking!
I would really like to know why my comment was modded down. Surely you would be frustrated at having cell phones that don't ring because they've randomly shut down.
He's right about that, you can kill an IPhone fairly quickly in that scenario. I'm not really sure what smartphone you would use for that, though.
He wouldn't need to thicken his phone, just bring a USB battery pack with him. If he's opposed to that he isn't a typical Apple fan. Then again I don't know any Apple fans that behave like him.
I'm not sure what your friend is doing wrong, but any iPhone can have its Bluetooth on all day. I can tell you this from experience as a Pebble Watch user. As for the GPS, that will eat up the battery if you're using it for turn-by-turn directions, but if you're just looking up where the coffee shop a few blocks away is your battery will easily last past bed-time.
Frankly I'm not sure where all this battery-hate against Apple came from, usually those complaints only turn up at new iOS releases.
I had three different cell phones that would randomly shut off in my pocket because over time their battery door came loose and the battery itself would momentarily disconnect, causing it to lose power. Personally I don't see why anybody would want the structural weakness of a removable battery.
It's life changing for at least 10% of Slashdotters. More if you count those like me who have family members that this has serious and positive ramifications for it.
So they're sending you ads for something that you are interested in, rather than personal lube and adult diapers?.. Seems like a relative win.
So, just to be clear, you think it's okay for Facebook to collect information about your adult diaper fetish that you didn't explicitly give them. Correct?
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He runs Linux.
When 'stuff that matters' gets a higher comment count than stuff that doesn't, it'll turn up more often. Think before you bitch.
They could go back to posting on-line about how they're not sheep because they have an Android phone.
So long as it's agreed that an integrated battery means a sturdier phone. Afterall, my 'bad luck' was consistent.
Interestingly enough replacement battery doors were plentiful for all three of the phones. But whatever, no, I'm not making this up. I made no claims to how widespread the problem is, only that for me it traversed three brands of phones and two pricing tiers. Personally I find it hard to believe I am alone here, but I offer no proof
to the contrary.
Even if I was making this up despite a clear lack of motivation it is commonly understood that less moving parts means greater reliability.
There is no call for this philosophy to cause conflict, nor am I a liar because I don't have a fashionable complaint.
Palm Treo 700, Motorola generic flip phone, Nokia 3650. Not sure why you think I would lie about this. Is there a particular brand whose honor you're trying to defend?
I agree with you on all counts. The conversation he and I are having is largely academic, personally I think he's embelleshing a bit about his friend.
When the Retina Macbook Pros came out, these were the ones with the integrated battery, one of their key differences over their predecessors is that they felt a good deal more sturdy. If you lifted it without folding it up it felt like it had a good deal more structural integrity. This is partly because it's lighter and you're moving less mass around and partly because the case is just plain more rigid.
That's why the lack of seams matters.
You don't need to buy insurance to be insured, it is called savings.
These 'businesses' don't show proof they have savings to cover an incident.
I agree with the others that your understanding of how insurance works is incomplete.
I learned a long time ago (...and am open to the idea that my information is out of date) that as Windows ages the registry gets bigger. Bigger registry, longer to take for Windows to do menial things.
One way I've combatted this is I have a lot of 'portable' apps. I.e. apps that do not require an install. I have a folder full of them that gets copied from one computer to the next. A lot of them I've arranged for on my own but some of them came from a site called portableapps.com.
This is anecdotal but I've been doing this for over ten years and I'm responding to you from a Windows 7 laptop that has not been reinstalled since 2012 and I'm still quite happy with it.
Why Didn't Voyager Visit Pluto?
Because of the bark, you dummies!
Too cumbersome for a trail? You'd prefer to take your phone apart out in the middle of nowhere? Somehow I doubt you've actually tried it. Anyway, you can always do what I did and get a case with a built-in battery. I like mine because it works as a stand but some include a built-in LED flashlight, certainly useful on a hike.
And why would you need a battery pack at the pool? How much trouble do you have getting there?
Anyway, I haven't used a phone with a removable battery in years, you can clearly see you're not making me envious with your victorious tales of battery removal. You may not agree with my decision but at least I can show you a couple of old phones that are in great shape and still work well. I keep them as backup in case we have to deal with phone-theft in my house. Sometimes integration is better.
Yeah because reviewers keep their phones for a year so they can give you a heads-up on issues like that. Totally my bad.
Wherever the design problem lies it happened across three different brands of phone at different price ranges. The most recent phone was a 2006 model. Perhaos modern designs are better, and that'd be great, but I'd rather have a sturdier phone.
Or you can bring a usb battery pack that solves your problem with the additional benefit of not having to reboot your phone. Plus you get more battery, removable batteries have less area to store a charge. Oh and don't forget that you can charge other stuff with that pack and not just your phone.
Heck, my battery pack has a solar panel on it, of course I'd take that hiking!
I would really like to know why my comment was modded down. Surely you would be frustrated at having cell phones that don't ring because they've randomly shut down.
He's right about that, you can kill an IPhone fairly quickly in that scenario. I'm not really sure what smartphone you would use for that, though.
He wouldn't need to thicken his phone, just bring a USB battery pack with him. If he's opposed to that he isn't a typical Apple fan. Then again I don't know any Apple fans that behave like him.
I'm not sure what your friend is doing wrong, but any iPhone can have its Bluetooth on all day. I can tell you this from experience as a Pebble Watch user. As for the GPS, that will eat up the battery if you're using it for turn-by-turn directions, but if you're just looking up where the coffee shop a few blocks away is your battery will easily last past bed-time.
Frankly I'm not sure where all this battery-hate against Apple came from, usually those complaints only turn up at new iOS releases.
There are plenty of legitimate complaints to make about Apple and their products. Why do you have to make shit up?
I had three different cell phones that would randomly shut off in my pocket because over time their battery door came loose and the battery itself would momentarily disconnect, causing it to lose power. Personally I don't see why anybody would want the structural weakness of a removable battery.
10%? Are you suggesting that Slashdot has a population of homosexuals that exceeds the general population ratio of 1.6-3%?
No, I'm suggesting that the general population ratio is 10% and in some reports say it's closer to 20%.
Additionally, are you suggesting that this higher than average population of Slashdot users are all seeking to get married?
I'm saying the actually-its-normal population of Slashdot users has no particular inclination to be different than the rest of the world.
It's life changing for at least 10% of Slashdotters. More if you count those like me who have family members that this has serious and positive ramifications for it.
Are we supposed to congratulate you for having watched Star Trek?
So they're sending you ads for something that you are interested in, rather than personal lube and adult diapers? .. Seems like a relative win.
So, just to be clear, you think it's okay for Facebook to collect information about your adult diaper fetish that you didn't explicitly give them. Correct?
When I go to eBay I start seeings ads on Facebook for what I had just searched for. Think about that for a minute.