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On the cusp of the transition, I attended a music festival with a couple of friends. They both had modern smartphones, I had something closer to an old-school f
by oneeyedpigeon 6y ago
On the cusp of the transition, I attended a music festival with a couple of friends. They both had modern smartphones, I had something closer to an old-school feature phone. At some point on what was probably the first day, we all went to the phone charging tent. They stayed there for an hour or two with their phones plugged in. I walked in and walked back out again immediately, with a fresh battery for my phone handed over to me for free.
I do like having a thin phone, but the utility of a replaceable battery has been sorely downplayed over the years.
- tekknik 6y agoMeanwhile modern smart phones charge to 80% in 15-30 mins. If they were in there for hours they wanted it at 100%
- oneeyedpigeon 6y agoWell, this was a good few years ago now, but I sure they DID want 100% charge anyway!
- Izkata 6y agoHopefully MobileQubes [0] or similar competitors become more prevalent, there's a convention I go to where the hotel has had these kiosks since 2015. You pay ~$5 to rent a fully-charge external battery for 24 hours, with whatever connector your phone uses, after which you return it to the kiosk. If you fail to return it you're automatically charged the "buy" cost. Yeah it's not free, but it's really nice if you underestimated your battery life since you're not tied to a single spot while charging it. [0] https://mobilequbes.com/ https://mobilequbes.com/