Comment on Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker?

• nimpnin@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I really don’t think the average person cares at all about improving the current picture quality of phone cameras. The pictures get posted on instagram or sent on a messaging app, and looked at once on a 6 inch screen. They are not getting printed. Most people wouldn’t even notice.

  Battery life is a thing people would maybe appreciate, but then again, people seem to be fine with charging their phones overnight, and current phones seem to last one day on one charge.

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  • sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    But for instance, let’s say Samsung adopts SiC batteries. Battery life would be much better, so more people would buy Samsung phones over Apple and it would be one less advantage for going for the smaller brands vs Samsung. Plus, if you had two-day battery life, when the battery inevitably degrades, you’ll still have solid battery life.

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    • nimpnin@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      when the battery inevitably degrades, you’ll still have solid battery life.

      We used to have user replaceable batteries. The companies stopped making them and few people cared

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    • Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Plus, if you had two-day battery life, when the battery inevitably degrades, you’ll still have solid battery life.

      But the companies want you to buy a new phone when the battery degrades.

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      • sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        fair enough. It’s not very nice big tech, but they were never that nice to begin with

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    • LilB0kChoy@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Battery life would be much better, so more people would buy Samsung phones over Apple

      I do think there is a segment that would want that increased battery capacity but this claim ignores both human apathy and inertia.

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    • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      OP is talking 6 AH batteries. If that’s all SiC can do, why would Apple use it in place of current 18AH batteries?

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• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  We picking favourite features? Let’s talk about headphone jacks. Make it .3mm thicker if all that volume can be consolidated on the header jack they ditched because apparently it can’t fit and wasn’t feeding their radio earbud business enough.

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  • csolisr@hub.azkware.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Even better: add a second USB-C port, so we can use a wired headphone and a charger at the same time.

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  • sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    and microsd card slots. Pushing people to pay more for storage upgrades…

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