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What’s the battery got to do with it?
by arrrg 14y ago
What’s the battery got to do with it?
- justincormack 14y agoThe battery flying out absorbs most of the impact shock. Try it it works well.
- nevi-me 14y agoHave to agree with this. I have a Huawei from back in 2010, each time it falls it just falls apart. It's got a lot of scratches, but screen hasn't cracked. The worst fall was onto tarred road. I actually never thought that the reason why it just disassembles so easily when it falls would be the same reason why I still have a functional phone 2 years later
- StavrosK 14y agoMy Galaxy Nexus has fallen around 10 times now, it doesn't even have scratches. It does fly apart every time, though.
- jessaustin 14y agoThe battery historically was the most massive component. Letting it pop out of the chassis dissipated a great deal of the impact force, so the more delicate components were somewhat protected from the shock.
- Sharlin 14y agoDesigning an object to predictably disassemble into multiple parts helps soak up the impact energy. The fact that many cell phones used to break up when dropped was not accidental, it was a deliberate engineering decision.
- jessaustin 14y agoWell there seems to be a consensus.
- nchlswu 14y agoas opposed to the convenience and accessibility of phones with conventional removable parts? I don't deny that soaking up impact energy is an outcome, but I'm doubtful it was a deliberate engineering decision for purposes of impact survival
- jychang 14y agoI have 3 generations of flip phones, from a old nokia to a Sony Ericsson w580i. They all eject their battery upon impact. Considering it wouldn't be difficult at all for the battery cover be more tight, or have something that clips on, it's probably accurate to describe it as an engineering decision.
- gcr 14y agoWhy not both? Maybe the engineers said "Oh cool, what a nifty side effect, this further validates our decision"
- nchlswu 14y agothat's what I was trying to get at. I think it was a neat side effect. I just don't necessarily subscribe to the idea that it was a priori goal or priority when these phones were being designed designed.