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They quite deliberately decided to make them degraded (to prolong battery life). And they were fined for it [1]. Nobody mentioned erratic in that case. [1] ht
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
They quite deliberately decided to make them degraded (to prolong
battery life). And they were fined for it [1]. Nobody mentioned
erratic in that case.
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724
- ChadNauseam 4y agoTrue, although longer battery life makes a battery-powered device more reliable too
- jolux 4y agoNot just to prolong battery life, to prevent the device from overdrawing the battery and shutting down when it couldn't provide the same peak current as it could when new.
- schwartzworld 4y agoOther possible solutions could include: making batteries easy to replace.
- dijit 4y agoNot disagreeing. This was likely a compromise from that design decision. Since the slowdown was based on battery health and not absolute age of the device it was (and is) still possible to replace the battery. But “the market” (ugh) seems to have decided that it wants phones with integrated batteries, and touch screens, and no physical keyboard, that are too big to use with one hand. So that’s all we get. Unless it’s extremely niche.
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