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This toaster-looking gadget boosts your phone’s battery in seconds (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Wispy2891@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This is awesome! For only $450 you can get a machine that can automatically swap battery packs placed on bulky $120 phone cases.

You don't need to plug a cable in your phone anymore, your over engineered machine can swap battery packs for you

I never imagined that I would live this long to see the future

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[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

IKR.

Why did we start building batteries into phones?

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Because we kept buying thinner and lighter phones, and gluing the battery in makes thinner and lighter phones with better battery life possible. As a convenient side effect glue creates a nice watertight seal that can make devices more water resistant.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 56 minutes ago

Hrm maybe.

I mean a wristwatch can be 200m water resistant and still be user servicable. A simple rubber gasket, some silicone grease and some screws.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 day ago

So they can sell you a new phone instead of a replacement battery.