▲ 512 ▼ Samsung phones can survive twice as many charges as Pixel and iPhone, according to EU data (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 126 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nanlux_user@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (6 children) Sure but not everyone is tech savvy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago But non-tech people aren't buying Faiphones, but whatever they're pushing at the Verizon store. permalink fedilink source parent [+] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago (4 children) Can you follow a step-by-step guide? Can you use a screwdriver to remove 5-10 identical screws? Can you use spudgers of varying sizes? Can you use a hair dryer? Then you can change the battery on your Samsung phone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bss03@infosec.pub 12 points 1 year ago (3 children) I guess the answer to at least one of those is no. Last time I tried a battery replacement, I broke the screen either during assembly or disassembly. I build my own desktop PCs, and have fixed laptop monitors and drives, but every time I attempt hardware repair on something phone-ish, I make it worse (even going back to when I owned an OpenMoko). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) You haven't had to touch the screen on a Samsung phone since like the S6, every model after that opens from the back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bss03@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Well, maybe I'll try again in the future but I don't currently own a Samsung. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Yeah so?... They still managed to break it because battery replacement in a phone is not as easy as pop off the panel and replace. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago But non-tech people aren't buying Faiphones, but whatever they're pushing at the Verizon store. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago (4 children) Can you follow a step-by-step guide? Can you use a screwdriver to remove 5-10 identical screws? Can you use spudgers of varying sizes? Can you use a hair dryer? Then you can change the battery on your Samsung phone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bss03@infosec.pub 12 points 1 year ago (3 children) I guess the answer to at least one of those is no. Last time I tried a battery replacement, I broke the screen either during assembly or disassembly. I build my own desktop PCs, and have fixed laptop monitors and drives, but every time I attempt hardware repair on something phone-ish, I make it worse (even going back to when I owned an OpenMoko). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) You haven't had to touch the screen on a Samsung phone since like the S6, every model after that opens from the back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bss03@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Well, maybe I'll try again in the future but I don't currently own a Samsung. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Yeah so?... They still managed to break it because battery replacement in a phone is not as easy as pop off the panel and replace. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bss03@infosec.pub 12 points 1 year ago (3 children) I guess the answer to at least one of those is no. Last time I tried a battery replacement, I broke the screen either during assembly or disassembly. I build my own desktop PCs, and have fixed laptop monitors and drives, but every time I attempt hardware repair on something phone-ish, I make it worse (even going back to when I owned an OpenMoko). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) You haven't had to touch the screen on a Samsung phone since like the S6, every model after that opens from the back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bss03@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Well, maybe I'll try again in the future but I don't currently own a Samsung. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Yeah so?... They still managed to break it because battery replacement in a phone is not as easy as pop off the panel and replace. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) You haven't had to touch the screen on a Samsung phone since like the S6, every model after that opens from the back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bss03@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Well, maybe I'll try again in the future but I don't currently own a Samsung. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Yeah so?... They still managed to break it because battery replacement in a phone is not as easy as pop off the panel and replace. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bss03@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Well, maybe I'll try again in the future but I don't currently own a Samsung. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Yeah so?... They still managed to break it because battery replacement in a phone is not as easy as pop off the panel and replace. permalink fedilink source parent