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Nobody saying anything about the lack of quickcharge technology. Something genuinely useful that Apple can't be arsed to sort out!
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
http://appleplugs.com/ Just upgrade your iPhone 6
I do care about water resistance because I had experienced sudden heavy showers on hikes that did a number on a couple of electronic devices I have owned. It has become my must have feature if you aren't going to allow me to change the battery (I am told it's one or the other, though I would still like to see some engineering marvel that allows for both).
However, if the competition are able to make water resistant phones with a headphone jack, I do not see why Apple can't. It's not like the competition isn't providing Bluetooth support. I use Bluetooth with the headphones in my helmet when I am snowboarding (and to be honest, it doesn't work as well as wired, cutting off at time), but wired otherwise.. by choice. And I appreciate having that choice.
But to be honest, I don't think most people will be bothered by it. No unlike how most people aren't by lossy compression, I think that it's really a small niche of people who really like
Samsung Galaxy S5 has water proof and removeable battery?!?!?!?!
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
Ah, yes, forgot about that. I guess I should specify that though I do replace my batteries once it gets worse after a few years), the main reason I want removable battery is to fit a monstrosity like those ZeroLemon that last for days, and for that, I do lose the water resistance. But I guess it does prove that there is no reason why a manufacturer can't make their own massive batteries to alongside a carefully designed backplate to go with the battery that is water resistant. And I'd pay for it.Originally Posted by 3dcandy
Last edited by TooNice; 08-09-2016 at 09:56 PM.
The cynic in me disagrees, a removable battery defeats an important facet of planned obsolescence.
In my mind, the same reasoning applies for Apple's push for the removal of the 3.5mm jack and the push for much more expensive, invariably non-serviceable and easily misplaced wireless devices.
Apple are one of the very few organisations who can pull off tactics like this, the unfortunate result is that the rest of the industry eventually follows suit and proliferates 'features' that are detrimental to the consumer.
I said there is no reason why a manufacturer "can't" (as in from an engineering perspective), not there is no reason for them not to
It should be doable (!) on the S5 as the gasket etc. is there. But as you mentioned..the manufacturers don't see it that way
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
I can agree that there is little technical basis for the omission of a removable battery.I said there is no reason why a manufacturer "can't" (as in from an engineering perspective), not there is no reason for them not to
I needed a reason to express my opinion on Apple's business practices.
Apple, at least has been consistent in that they never offered removable battery in the first place. Headphone jack, yeah - definitely a step backward. Samsung though has played around, eventually settling for non-removable battery (though I think that there is a general public support - so often have I read reviews in the past complaining that the removable plastic backplate isn't as sexy as the non-removable ones blah blah), but also removing the microSD card last generation before putting it back in the S7 (had they not, I probably would've made the jump to LG - though that one lacks the water-resistance and removable battery).
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