Comment on Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker?
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 day agoI 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.
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.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
We used to have user replaceable batteries. The companies stopped making them and few people cared
Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
But the companies want you to buy a new phone when the battery degrades.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
fair enough. It’s not very nice big tech, but they were never that nice to begin with
LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 20 hours ago
I do think there is a segment that would want that increased battery capacity but this claim ignores both human apathy and inertia.
AA5B@lemmy.world 16 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?