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>Anything less than half full, however, induced feelings of profound anxiety and discomfort," he said. I wonder how much priming they had to do to get that res
by aeternum 7y ago
>Anything less than half full, however, induced feelings of profound anxiety and discomfort," he said.
I wonder how much priming they had to do to get that response. Sounds like we can cure the world's anxiety with a $20 battery backup.
- tenebrisalietum 7y agoWill these findings result in a softer, more comforting way of saying your phone's battery is low? Perhaps an anthropomorphic icon that looks like its getting sleepier and sleepier, or something Tomagotchi-like. Maybe battery-low messages that are less blunt and more friendly, like "We know you're busy, but your device is working hard and needs a recharge as soon as possible. Thanks for connecting me to a power source as soon as you can manage."
- johnchristopher 7y agoI think it'd just increase stress. Instead of seeing some kind of counter going down (percentage) we'd have a vague statement that at any point in time the phone can shutdown.
- gumby 7y agoI see this fear in my GF's (young teen) kids who go out of their way to plug their stuff in.
- Tagbert 7y agoI always feel this way when the car's fuel gauge gets below half.
- standardUser 7y agoI wouldn't call it profound, but a low battery is definitely a source of anxiety. Battery packs do solve the issue, but then you have to carry it around all day. And not forget it, or to charge it, in the first place.
- wongarsu 7y agoThere are also phone cases that include a battery. That would solve all your issues at the price of making the phone a bit thicker.
- crooked-v 7y agoSeeing my phone battery below 50% makes me faintly anxious because it seems like it always discharges faster from 30% to 0% than from 100% to 70%. It's the unpredictability of discharge rate rather than merely having a low battery.
- waste_monk 7y agoThat is what's happening - I'm not an electronics person but my vague understanding is modern li-ion batteries output e.g. 3.5v but actually hold between 2.x and 4.x volts, and regulate power up or down. When it's full it's easier to push current through, when it's nearly empty it has to work a lot harder to supply power and consequently drains faster.
- jobigoud 7y agoIf it's known the battery API should do a non linear mapping before returning the number.