PSA: cellphone battery life
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Do you have access to wifi? That's a handy way to use a second phone without a cellular plan. I have an older iPhone that I use as a dedicated piano tuning device. Most of the time disconnected to the rest of the world, but I can turn on wifi when I want to update an app or connect to the interwebs. I can use my primary phone as a hotspot if I need access "out in the field" without wifi.
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Ron, I don't, actually. I used to have Spectrum in my name. My roommate paid the account, ran up the bill, and they shut it off (and sent a bill in my name to a collection agency). That was a long time ago. I'll make a note of your suggestion. Thanks.
Mik, I had no idea. Thanks.
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Europe passed a regulation just recently mandating user-replaceable batteries in smart phones after a certain year.
They passed a law a few years back mandating usb-c (in effect) on phones by outlawing proprietary connection standards. That was enough for Apple to change the design worldwide.
Maybe the phone makers will do something similar with the batteries.
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Then what? Standardize and mandate the replaceable batteries’ form factor and interface so one battery can power every phones?
Then what? Standardize and mandate the replaceable batteries’ form factor and interface so one battery can power every phones?
Yup, should be standardized. We did that with regular batteries (AAA, AA, C, D, etc) so that if you bought an old fashioned flashlight, for instance, you could buy any manufacturer's D battery.
Then there are the rechargeable lithium batteries in battery-powered yard tools. The shape of the external battery case is specific to the manufacturer, which means I can't use my EGO lawn mower battery in my Kobalt leaf blower.
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Not a bad idea if a power tool's battery can be used to power a smartphone. Maybe there is an adapter or converter that can be deviced to allow that to happen.
And there is, on Amazon:
https://a.co/d/0dXM352S -
Not a bad idea if a power tool's battery can be used to power a smartphone. Maybe there is an adapter or converter that can be deviced to allow that to happen.
And there is, on Amazon:
https://a.co/d/0dXM352S
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