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I've never heard of someone needing a phone to stay on while changing the battery.
by post_break 11y ago
I've never heard of someone needing a phone to stay on while changing the battery.
- maxerickson 11y agoI bet a huge majority would prefer it. It's just not really been a sensible compromise, so no one even thinks about it.
- hammock 11y agoOf course they would prefer it, if there were no trade-offs. But as you point out it's not currently sensible.
- jschwartzi 11y agoIt's pretty common in enterprise-grade handhelds like Windows Embedded devices to include a little bridge battery.
- goda90 11y agoWell as the article points out, adding modules involves taking out the battery. There might be other design options besides an extra battery/super capacitor, but it kinda weakens the utility of quick change modules.
- sangnoir 11y ago> Well as the article points out, adding modules involves taking out the battery Are those modules hot-swapable? If the hardware and/or software does not support hot swap, there is a distinct possibility that they intentionally designed it this way: i.e. you have to power down before replacing modules. It would not be much more difficult to switch to "push-to-eject" battery mechanism which would make powering down optional when changing modules. Food for thought.
- kalleboo 11y agoI switched from Android to iPhone and hence had to switch from swapping out batteries to plugging in an external battery. Now I'd never go back, the whole reboot/swapping procedure is kind of a PITA
- jshevek 11y agoFew people may _need_ for a phone to stay on while changing the battery, but is a huge plus. I spent over a year on a phone that could hot swap a battery if you do the swap smoothly, and avoiding the need for a reboot was definite pleasure.
- XorNot 11y agoMy last iPaQ could do this trick. There was a button cell NiMH next to the LiIon cell to keep it going.