Or…just make a damn removable battery And allow people to buy new batteries. I don’t need my phone to charge in half a second with a high chance of it exploding or killing itself from being charged at high speeds…I just want to be able to replace the shit you glued in
You can still replace the battery. It requires more work but it’s generally not a complicated or difficult process on most phones and you only have to do it every few years. I’m not trying to defend non-removable batteries, but I think sometimes consumers pretend they are more powerless than they actually are over these issues.
With a replaceable battery, you just carry a second one and swap them on the go
You shouldn’t need to do that anymore, batteries are much larger and chipsets are more efficient than when removable batteries were the norm. But even if you do need to charge, that’s why fast charging exists.
In which you’d need a power bank and cable that youre carrying if you don’t want to be tethered to an outlet (which may or may not be available.)
Seems a second battery is just a better option.
How do you charge the 2nd battery? Do you charge it slowly when home and keep it as spare while you use your main battery and wait for it to charge to full.
Carrying a spare battery is much more compact than a power bank and charging cable though. Or even a wall adapter and charging cable, which also requires an outlet.
honestly agreed, I don’t mind the fast charging, but I would love removable batteries. Even if it meant shorter life spans. like I used to be able to pay 20-30$ on a battery and replace it, but now you need adhesive and a heat gun
I read somewhere about a phone that had 2 batteries, that way you could swap batteries with the phone remained turned on during the process!
Used to be somewhat common as I recall back with flip phones (yes Im old.)
New shiftphone at least has a replaceable battery iirc.
I’m pretty sure taking out the battery of a feature phone would turn it off instantly.
my headset does this, I’m spoiled by it and I’ll never go back. I’m fully ok with putting up with some of the issues with the headset exclusively cause of this feature. It’s so nice
Can you share the model name of your headset?
I’ve used two headsets that done it, the Arctis Pro Wireless and turtle beach stealth pro, I highly recommend the Arctis Pro wireless over the turtle beach though as the Arctis Pro wireless was a seemless swap, where the turtle beach has a 10-15 second delay swapping battery.
The old ThinkPad T480 has this: an internal battery plus a hotswappable external one
Yeah my T460s has an internal and external
Imo It’s not quickly charging that’s an issue, more about the capacity
Funny they are stuck at 45 Watt, when other phones have been charging at 120 Watt for years.
My 2 year old midrange Xiaomi charges at 120 Watt! And the charger was included too! 😋Why the hell do you need a 120w charger? My Fold 4 charges in under 45 minutes with a 25w charger and that’s already faster than what I’m comfortable with. The only thing you’re doing by charging faster is reducing your battery’s lifespan.
If they can charge a car in 5 minutes using 1.3 MW charging, why wouldn’t 120 Watt be fine for charging your phone in 20? Also the charging is protecting the battery by reducing speed as it approaches 100%. The lifespan seems fine, I’m not detecting any deterioration. By today’s standards it’s not even that fast. And it is very convenient to be able to top it off quickly. That way I also don’t have to leave it charging overnight, I can do it while I make coffee and eat my breakfast. That way I minimize trickle charging which can also harm the battery.
The battery has to be made for fast charging, and Samsung is apparently way behind on that.
that’s already faster than what I’m comfortable with.
Then why did you buy a Samsung?
Do you have evidence to support that claim? Batteries and charging technology have come a long way over the years.
I don’t care enough to dig up the specific article for you, but if you have the patience to do it yourself, check out Battery University. It’s in there somewhere, along with all sorts of useful info regarding battery technology, all backed by scientific research.
Bookmark the site and refer to it often. You’ll learn a lot of neat things.
This site doesn’t appear to definitively support your statement. The secton on ultra-fast charging, which appears to be written in relation to EVs rather than phones, does state that high temperatures and charging over 80%/keeping a battery at 100% can be detrimental to a battery’s lifespan. However, the “scientific research” it claims to reference is nearly a decade old and so there is no mention of the advancements in cooling and charging technology that have occured in that time. It’s the equivalent of someone basing their opinion on the technology that existed when the Galaxy S7 was a new phone. Most (all?) phones come with battery regulation features built into the software now, and there have been many improvements made to internal ventilation and heat distribution as well as the chargers themselves. I’m not convinced it’s as clear cut as you’re making it out to be and this extremely outdated website certainly doesn’t support your argument.
