Internal battery is only 2,800mAh :-(
My Windows Phone is only 3000mAh and has a decent battery life (2-3 days for my usage). Admittedly, USB-C charging makes me worry about it less (completely dead phone to 50% charge takes 45ish minutes).
LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
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Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
We don't know how much power the phone actually draws in use.
but also, having a weak battery life also creates demand for the battery packs. if they're hotswappable and somewhat affordable, I think people will have no issue buying the packs and swapping during the day as needed.
Is LG selling a battery charging dock?
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#53Not sure why they would cripple it with just 32GB of internal storage. Too much Android stuff refuses to run from, or store data on, the SDCard.
Newer android releases use the SD card in a much cleaner way that allow pretty much anything to run off of them.
Apparently LG and Samsung have both decided to disable Marshmallows unified storage feature. Baffling.
http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-g5-keeps-sd-card-shuns-adop...
http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-regains-microsd-card...
Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it really technically difficult to add a supercap? I remember laptops in the 90s with hot-swappable batteries. The feature will add expense and bulk, and if people refuse to make the tradeoffs then that's worthy of complaining, but this particular feature seems totally reasonable to ask for. Same deal with constantly wanting more RAM and CPU. Computers have been getting steadily more powerful at a nearly constant…
I dunno. But i recall reading about a Chinese phone that had two batteries. One was built in, another was sitting on top and was removable. they both charged via a single USB port. Yes, this made it bulky compared to most things on the market right now. And frankly i would love to see less anorexic phones. Heck, my next one may well be the recently unveiled Cat model that has integrated FLIR. This time round it seems…
I agree, the obsession with thinness drives me batty.
My iPhone barely makes it through the day sometimes. I usually have no problem, but occasionally I find myself around 9PM and my battery is down to 5% and I have to plug it in somewhere. This leads me to plug it in more than I strictly need to, just to ward off these moments. This would all become a non-issue if the battery were twice the size. Then my phone might be 10mm thick instead of 7mm thick, and might weigh 300 grams instead of 200 grams. Not a big deal. But instead, thinness is maximized, and everything else is built to be just adequate based on that.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've never heard of someone needing a phone to stay on while changing the battery.
Well as the article points out, adding modules involves taking out the battery. There might be other design options besides an extra battery/super capacitor, but it kinda weakens the utility of quick change modules.
> Well as the article points out, adding modules involves taking out the battery
Are those modules hot-swapable? If the hardware and/or software does not support hot swap, there is a distinct possibility that they intentionally designed it this way: i.e. you have to power down before replacing modules. It would not be much more difficult to switch to "push-to-eject" battery mechanism which would make powering down optional when changing modules. Food for thought.
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#56Rant. It really bugs me when consumers ask for more features regardless of their feasibility, here we have a great phone with changebale batteries and yet we ask for it to be still on while we swap the batteries! Hasn't it occurred to us that maybe it's technically difficult to add in a supercap. Just be thankful. This is like constentaly asking for phones with more RAM and processing power, I am really glad Moore's…
I don't know. I consider this actually a good thing that we continue to push the envelope of technology. Yes it is technically difficult now to add a supercap. But who knows? Enough research and we might be able to do it easily. A lot of the phone technology we have right now is due to consumers asking for stuff regardless of feasibility. Sometimes it is better not to know the details but to dream.
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#57Rant. It really bugs me when consumers ask for more features regardless of their feasibility, here we have a great phone with changebale batteries and yet we ask for it to be still on while we swap the batteries! Hasn't it occurred to us that maybe it's technically difficult to add in a supercap. Just be thankful. This is like constentaly asking for phones with more RAM and processing power, I am really glad Moore's…
I'm among those not in agreement with the rant. In the case of the battery swapping, there are plenty of obvious ways to get around the phone turning off while swapping batteries (i.e., capacitors or smaller batteries). Why does it seem that unfeasible to you?
People should be very thankful for these feats of technology, but their wants literally drive the innovation there. Until truly impossible desires start to become the criticisms, I honestly don't mind them.
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#58I think its good of LG to design a phone that is good for the environment in the sense that users can swap the battery and upgrade the storage instead of having to buy a whole new phone when those run out of capacity.
Global warming dictates that we as consumers not only our politicians are responsible for the future we create. If manufacturers can help make devices that last longer I´m going to choose such a device the next time I buy a phone.
I think its bold of LG to think differently and stick out of the crowd of similar phones. Like that you can upgrade the storage capacity via MicroSD cards.
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#59I'm so glad LG are sticking with a switchable battery - it's a must have feature for me. Lots of people have forgotten what it's like to grab a wall-charged battery, slip it in and run out the door with 100% power in a few seconds. Tethering your phone to the wall sucks. Clunky portable battery packs are the worst. I hope this phone sells well, it has my support.
I agree. I wish it had wireless charging like Qi, but metal cases apparently makes it more difficult to implement
In the past, I had a phone with wireless charging, but mostly found it a pain. Putting it down slightly in the wrong position often caused the phone to not charge overnight, and the charging was just too damn slow in the morning when I realized that it hadn't charged overnight.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
I dunno. But i recall reading about a Chinese phone that had two batteries. One was built in, another was sitting on top and was removable. they both charged via a single USB port. Yes, this made it bulky compared to most things on the market right now. And frankly i would love to see less anorexic phones. Heck, my next one may well be the recently unveiled Cat model that has integrated FLIR. This time round it seems…
I agree, the obsession with thinness drives me batty. My iPhone barely makes it through the day sometimes. I usually have no problem, but occasionally I find myself around 9PM and my battery is down to 5% and I have to plug it in somewhere. This leads me to plug it in more than I strictly need to, just to ward off these moments. This would all become a non-issue if the battery were twice the size. Then my phone might…
And now i remind myself that these thin phones are often a right pain to hold.
If i let it sit deeply in my palm, the outer joint of my fingers protrude over the edge of the device, and get in the way of using it.
But if i shift my grip so that the fingertips are resting on the side of the device, the only contact points are those tips, and the thumb area of the palm.
And holding it like that seems to always be on the verge of slipping.