Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

  • Altima NEO@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    The question I’ve been asking, since this whole water resistance thing became a trend, is why do we even need water resistant phones in the first place?

    We survived just fine with flip phones, walkmans, Gameboys, pagers, etc that had no water resistance.

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      1 year ago

      I love water proof phones, it’s a massive reduction in anxiety and means I don’t have to avoid bringing it into the bathroom.

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        1 year ago

        They’re not even waterproof though, just water resistant. But even the weather resistance from a few years back when phones had headphone jacks and replaceable batteries seemed sufficient. Now they’re overkill, being able to handle being dipped in water. I mean it’s fine if they make phones like that, but does everything need that kind of resistance?

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          1 year ago

          My S8 has been dunked in water and sprayed by the shower plenty of times with no issue. It might not be strictly water proof but it’s kind of a semantic difference.

          And nah, not everything needs that kind of resistance, but it’s nice to have

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      1 year ago

      While I manage ok without (but would appreciate the feature) I know several people who have destroyed too many phones by accidentally dropping it into some sort of water to ever want anything but a waterproof one.