Follow up to my other post

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    1 year ago

    They really were fantastic to have in a moment of frustration or rage - there’s nothing like ending a conversation by throwing your phone at the wall/floor and watching it smash in to a dozen pieces, all of which you can later collect, easily put back together, and switch it back on for it all to be perfectly fine.

    Was great in those days of teenage drama, though I would honestly love to have something as robust nowadays, some calls really do deserve that kind of treatment lol

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    1 year ago

    I liked how, when you had an alarm set up, you could even switch off the phone and it’d still turn itself on automatically in the morning and ring to wake you up. It was actually more reliable than dedicated alarm clocks, since those needed manual time adjustment when there was a winter/summer time change, or when there was a power outage.

    Nowadays, I always have to double check the phone has enough charge before going to sleep.

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        1 year ago

        Leaving a lithium battery charging for a long time, even when it’s already 100% can degrade it.
        Most devices have failsafes against this, but I still always try to not leave a device charging if its already mostly fool… what I rather do is set up rules so that the phone automatically goes into airplane/battery saving mode at night.

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          1 year ago

          Battery tech is so much smarter now this is barely a concern these days, especially for phones. I feel like my modern devices don’t lose any capacity over the 2 or so years I have them.

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    1 year ago

    Still have my old Nokia 3310 in a drawer. I bet if I charged it, the thing would still work. Only phone I could use as a self defense weapon.

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    1 year ago

    I have a Samsung flip phone and it still works, but I had to throw the battery because I noticed it was bulging,

    • WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social
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      In middle school someone’s motorola flip phone been chunked across the band hall over and over in hopes that it would break so that the owner would have an excuse to get a new one (this was when the razrs would the cool phone to have).