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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I never met anyone that said they wanted a thinner lighter phone.

I've met tons of people that would take a half inch thick brick of a phone if it came with an equally big battery that could last days between charges.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

Go on Amazon and search for a "outdoors phone". I have one that is about that size and weighs a lot, but I can go a week between charges easily. I can play games with my headphones for 8 hours straight without needing to charge.

But ... The battery is not replaceable.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

I want a thinner and lighter phone!

But you haven't met me.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's genuinely one of the things people look for; iPhones are incredibly dense designs, in a very sleek, smooth, light package, and people love them. A very basic phone case and a screen saver adds nearly half the OE thickness of the phone to the package, and look how many people forgo those, even on a phone that's $1500. If I added that much thickness to a phone that started out at .5" thick, it would end up feeling like I was carrying a brick on my pocket all the time.

I would still take the brick with replaceable battery though.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

apple idiots buy whatever apple tells them to because they care more about the artificial status symbol of having the latest apple logo'd bullshit than they care about having a good or decent product.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, no. I'm an Android user, and have been for about a decade, but Apple makes good products. I think that Apple is overpriced, I don't like their walled garden, but they're still good. My wife had an iPhone 8 up until this year, and I'd gone through multiple Samsung and other phones in the same time period that all died due to hardware failures.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I wasnt saying you were, I was saying in general.

Samsungs phones fell off a cliff after the 9, imho. I would never buy another samsung.

Apple artificially destroying batteries to make you buy more phones, sooner, should have been the nail in the coffin of that company if people actually cared about the products and not the artificial status symbol.