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Just change the external scale. 75% is now 100%. Users are none the wiser and battery life is prolonged.
by bhhaskin 9y ago
Just change the external scale. 75% is now 100%. Users are none the wiser and battery life is prolonged.
- tomn 9y agoOr maybe they'll buy the competing product that has 25% more runtime, or is 25% thinner, or is 10% cheaper etc.
- kickopotomus 9y agoMost smart battery chargers do this. 0% is not really 0% and 100% is not really 100%.
- wlesieutre 9y agoThen your competitor with the same battery cells says 85% is the new 100% and now they have longer battery life than you do.
- ericd 9y agoAnd then maybe your competitor gets an announcement on every plane reminding people not to buy their product :-)
- kqr 9y agoNo, because again, this is not about preventing batteries from exploding. They already shouldn't explode. This is purely to give them a longer lifespan – which is not that attractive to producers, who I assume want to sell more batteries.
- ericd 9y agoAh yep, didn't read the thread carefully enough.
- mtVessel 9y agoThis one goes to eleven.