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Re: Google Pixel 3 (XL) bricking out of nothing

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Post by foxpurple » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:35 PM UTC

jfrunyon wrote: post #126

foxpurple wrote: post #105

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That’s not an option. It’s not that the battery was flat. It’s that when the CPU hit peak power consumption the voltage of the battery would drop low enough to cause the CPU to fail. The only option is to limit power draw or to crash.

No, actually, it IS that the battery was flat, and it IS an option. Apple chose to use a battery which was not durable enough for the requirements imposed upon it by their design. I'm not sure why you think that they couldn't have avoided it like LITERALLY EVERY OTHER PHONE MANUFACTURER (including themselves at one time).

At the time android phones were suffering the same problem. The nexus 6p would randomly crash at 30% charge.

Re: Google Pixel 3 (XL) bricking out of nothing

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Post by foxpurple » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:39 PM UTC

jfrunyon wrote: post #128

SilverRed wrote: post #85

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Apple does battery replacements on them for a reasonable price. Might not be worth it for a phone that old. But it is nice that Apple keeps updating devices until virtually no one is using them anymore.

> for a reasonable price Sorry, excuse me while I go burst my sides from laughter. Apple does battery replacements for more than a (entry-level, admittedly) new phone costs. And that new phone includes a battery. ;) Moreover, Apple refuses to do battery repairs if your phone has other problems, even if those problems have absolutely no relation to the battery, like... a cracked screen. (I'm not kidding, but hey, prop…

The cost of a battery replacement is less than 10% of the cost of the phone and it is something you only really need to do once for a phone. Of course it costs more than some bottom tier android because you are paying someone first world wages to swap the battery rather than having a child labor operated factory in India pump it out.

Replacing the battery with a smashed screen is almost impossible without also replacing the screen because you need to use a suction cap to pull the screen off. If it is smashed you need to scrape off all the chunks which removed what is left of the screen. These days the glass on the iPhone is much stronger than it once was so I don’t know anyone with a cracked screen.

Re: Google Pixel 3 (XL) bricking out of nothing

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Post by sundvor » Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 5:06 AM UTC

shp0ngle wrote: post #114

mekster wrote: post #91

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Galaxy somehow makes owning phones actually fun. Pixel makes me feel I got a bare bone phone except I like the camera better than Galaxy's which feels a bit too vivid. Kudos to the Galaxy team.

I don't understand what's fun having two versions of everything. Two browsers, two stores, two photo apps.

I fail to see the downside of choice. It's fair enough that the manufacturer provides their basic out of the box apps, and no-one forces you to use others than Samsung's.

If you don't want to use the Samsung versions, they're easy to hide away eg in a folder in the all apps directory.

Typically a user puts most often used apps on a desktop anyway, so you'll only see what you want to use. My S21 Ultra has 512GB of storage, it's hardly want for more.