Non-removable batters are debatable because it helps with waterproofing. SD cards are debatable because of read/write speeds (although with newer cards it’s really barely noticeable). It’s the fucking 3.5 Jack for me. Like I don’t want to have to carry around some fucking adapter just in case I want to plug my phone into a standard audio device.
People tell me it’s the only way to move forward with getting more companies using usbc audio or whatever. Because it’s supposed to be better or some shit. This is yet another problem with capitalism. Since there’s a billion different brands making a billion different devices it’s takes decades for some simple change like this and in the meantime the transition period involves making a trillion little adapters that will just get tossed in the garbage eventually because either they will be obsolete or just break because more planned obsolescence.
And don’t even get me started on fucking glass back phones. Dumbest fucking idea in the history of phones. Just make me a phone where I don’t have to go looking for a case to protect it.
The S4 active was water resistant for 30 minutes up to a meter but lots of reviews say that’s questionable. I know for a fact the original S4 was not. It was my first phone and the back was nothing more than plastic that clipped on. I’d pop it off and clean the dust and pocket lint out of it every now and then and I had that bastard in an OtterBox.
At any rate, not saying you can’t make water proof phones with replaceable batteries, but it is far easier and cheaper to design them as fully enclosed. Rubber gaskets can wear out over time and they will never be as leak proof as something permanently sealed. There is, at least, a potentially logical argument for it. Even if it’s based on taking the easy way out that also happens to serve there planned obsolescence. Of course the next problem is battery tech has improved to the point where even that’s not good enough for these fuckers so they have to fuck with your software updates to slow your phone down for no other reason than forcing you to upgrade.
Edit: I kind of really miss that phone now. Had an app on it caller “glitcher VR” that was pretty cool to mess around with but it doesn’t work on newer android models and the developer never updated it.
This is yet another problem with capitalism. Since there’s a billion different brands making a billion different devices it’s takes decades for some simple change like this and in the meantime the transition period involves making a trillion little adapters that will just get tossed in the garbage eventually because either they will be obsolete or just break because more planned obsolescence.
I think this is going to change because of China. The US/capitalist ecosystem might be ponderously slow at adopting new tech into the mass market, but nothing is going to speed that up more than confronting the Collective American Ego with the fact that it’s a distant second best at something.
Having said that: high speed rail would say otherwise. It won’t change while they can keep people from noticing I guess.
Non-removable batters are debatable because it helps with waterproofing. SD cards are debatable because of read/write speeds (although with newer cards it’s really barely noticeable). It’s the fucking 3.5 Jack for me. Like I don’t want to have to carry around some fucking adapter just in case I want to plug my phone into a standard audio device.
People tell me it’s the only way to move forward with getting more companies using usbc audio or whatever. Because it’s supposed to be better or some shit. This is yet another problem with capitalism. Since there’s a billion different brands making a billion different devices it’s takes decades for some simple change like this and in the meantime the transition period involves making a trillion little adapters that will just get tossed in the garbage eventually because either they will be obsolete or just break because more planned obsolescence.
And don’t even get me started on fucking glass back phones. Dumbest fucking idea in the history of phones. Just make me a phone where I don’t have to go looking for a case to protect it.
And no, I don’t fucking care how thin it is.
Counterpoint: The Samsung Galaxy S4 had a removable battery and also was waterproof. It simply had a gasket on the back cover.
The S4 active was water resistant for 30 minutes up to a meter but lots of reviews say that’s questionable. I know for a fact the original S4 was not. It was my first phone and the back was nothing more than plastic that clipped on. I’d pop it off and clean the dust and pocket lint out of it every now and then and I had that bastard in an OtterBox.
At any rate, not saying you can’t make water proof phones with replaceable batteries, but it is far easier and cheaper to design them as fully enclosed. Rubber gaskets can wear out over time and they will never be as leak proof as something permanently sealed. There is, at least, a potentially logical argument for it. Even if it’s based on taking the easy way out that also happens to serve there planned obsolescence. Of course the next problem is battery tech has improved to the point where even that’s not good enough for these fuckers so they have to fuck with your software updates to slow your phone down for no other reason than forcing you to upgrade.
Edit: I kind of really miss that phone now. Had an app on it caller “glitcher VR” that was pretty cool to mess around with but it doesn’t work on newer android models and the developer never updated it.
I think this is going to change because of China. The US/capitalist ecosystem might be ponderously slow at adopting new tech into the mass market, but nothing is going to speed that up more than confronting the Collective American Ego with the fact that it’s a distant second best at something.
Having said that: high speed rail would say otherwise. It won’t change while they can keep people from noticing I guess.
They keep people from leaving work and the country. In their free time amerikans watch China bad media.
I feel the opposite. I’m more okay with the headphone jack being gone because there’s a way around it. There’s no alternate way to insert an SD card.
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