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> It's just not physically possible to make a machine that combines high end power hungry hardware, adequate cooling for that hardware, and a compact form facto
by southerntofu 5y ago
> It's just not physically possible to make a machine that combines high end power hungry hardware, adequate cooling for that hardware, and a compact form factor.
Yes, and that's why it should be illegal for firms to sell broken devices as we can read in this thread. Stop pretending everything can be smaller and prettier, just build stuff that works no matter what it looks like.
Apple is also guilty on the smartphone front. They have basically pioneered the "throwaway phone" paradigm we are deep into now. I remember when "dumb phones" lasted many years and held battery for at least a week... we have let their shiny advertising corrupt our minds and have lost features and created even more environmental disaster as a result.
- tasogare 5y ago> They have basically pioneered the "throwaway phone" paradigm we are deep into now. I'm still using an iPhone 7 for 5 years now without issue, which is longer than any dumb phone I had in the past. Nobody is forced to buy the last iPhone every year, especially since they don't bring a lot of improvements anyway.
- amelius 5y agoApple phones have good resale value.
- tmd83 5y agoAnd you probably don't even have to make it a whole lot of thicker or weightier to have a better heat dissipation at least these days. Just a little thicker which still keeps it very portable and probably increase grip in fact will get a lot more room for fan/airflow which probably don't increase weight to that degree.