• KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nl
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    9 months ago

    Unfortunately we still see too many people push the “but my IP rating” narrative without realising that engineers are perfectly able to design gaskets for all kinds of applications.

    Some phones with removable batteries even had them and were (to a certain degree) waterproof.

    The ONLY reason phones are no longer servicable is profits. Why extend a product’s lifespan if you can just frustrate the consumer to the point where they will just buy another one?

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      9 months ago

      I want to know what all these people are doing with their phones… I’ve needed a phone to be waterproof exactly one time. 20 years ago when I got chucked into a pool with my flip phone in my pocket. I’ve had about a dozen batteries stop charging properly and needed replacement since then.

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        9 months ago

        I have this habit where I try to squeeze every bit of use out of a device until something forces me to get a new one.

        My latest two phones have both lasted for 7 years, and I’m still not planning on upgrading until someting breaks.

        In all those years I have never encountered a situation where I would have benefited from my phone being more waterproof than just basic ingress protection. Higher IP ratings are only helpful for those who don’t want to be conscious of their possessions and want insurance in case of accidents instead of preventing the situations outright.

        If we truly want to reduce our impact on the use of natural resources, we should start with eradicating the mindset that things being disposable is somehow fine.

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        9 months ago

        Nuclear powered- or nuclear capable submarines? Though I guess in nuclear powered submarines the “batteries” are actively unglueing themselves, which is what powers them in the first place.

        Fission power in phones when?

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          Nuclear powered- or nuclear capable submarines?

          Both?..

          in nuclear powered submarines the “batteries” are actively unglueing themselves

          Fair enough. But I was thinking about other batteries in case something happems to “batteries”.