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> Battery life is an area that may be difficult for smaller phone makers to compete on. It would become very easy if they realized that a lot of users who buy
by squarefoot 5y ago
> Battery life is an area that may be difficult for smaller phone makers to compete on.
It would become very easy if they realized that a lot of users who buy a Linux phone would probably be happy to trade thinness for battery life.
- etbe 5y agoThe Librem5 is twice as thick as any other phone I have owned in the last 10 years. In general I agree that thicker and heavier phones would be good but in this case they seem to have already got to the upper limits of what's considered acceptable nowadays.
- stingraycharles 5y agoVery much agreed. The same is true for Laptops, by the way; I don’t nearly care as much about thinness as battery life / CPU speed. I’d even go as far as saying that even with Apple’s efficiency and all, I’d still prefer it if they had bigger batteries.
- AnonCoward4 5y agoYou could double the battery size and still only have one day of light to medium usage. Battery optimization especially in idle is important.
- TheNewAndy 5y agoHave you seen how thick the librem 5 is? I think it is think because of the two m.2 slots in it, but I don't think you would want it any thicker.
- etbe 5y agoIt is thick for many reasons, having separate chips for security means a bigger motherboard, having a socket for a security chip, etc. But the battery is really big, much bigger than is common for modern phones.
- prox 5y agoI was reading an article that also seems to indicate that dumbphones are making a bit of a comeback: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60763168 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60763168 And those are a lot thicker. Maybe Librem should not try to compete with Android and iOS at all in terms of design and just go for “privacy by default” as their campaign. (If they ever sort out delivery problems)