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Remember when flip phones came with a second battery that you can swap in when the first one dies? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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I remember, and I'm gen z. And some higher end laptops had two battery slots so you can hot swap the batteries without turning it off.

Those were the days. Everyone talks about how smartphones nowadays get people addicted to instant gratification and convenience, but IMO the ability to swap out the battery when it died was a level of instant convenience we had decades ago that modern devices are severely lacking. Having to tether your phone to a battery bank while on the go is nowhere near as good as just popping the back cover and replacing the battery.

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[–] mitram2@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My (smart)phone still does it! And it came with a second battery

❤️ Fairphone

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I wish I could still use a fairphone as a daily driver in Canada. I have a Fairphone 4, had it shipped all the way from Europe and used it for two years before my network suddenly stopped connecting to it so I ended up getting a new phone. still use it at home though.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Did you try with a new Sim card ? I had the same problem on my fairphone where it kept losing the network.

I got a new sim card and it fixed the issue.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How many times have you needed to change the battery?

[–] mitram2@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Fully replace it or just switch to another one due to low battery? I haven't replaced any battery yet as I've had them for just a bit longer than 6 months, but I've had a couple cases of switching batteries to make sure I don't run out of battery unexpectedly, for example during a quizz night

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

Not a fairphone but I'm on my 4th one on my phone and went through 2 on the phone prior to that.