keepnitreel
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Water resistance!!!!! Replaceable batteries will soon be a thing of the past like the beta max....
For me, it's easy. Removeable battery.
Never in twenty three years with mobile phones have I ever dropped it in any type of water, and I'm out in the elements a lot.
I carry my Note 5 in a leather belt holster and when it rains while running, so what! I just move my shirt over the holster case and sometimes I don't. Never any damage.
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I see you've never been to the Midwest.
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Now you know you should have sense to come on out of the rainAnd I get that but your instant response was to put away my phone .. As in not acknowledging any situation where it could be useful. Hence my responses. You then went on to even insults those people by saying they are "knuckle heads" and that "society is doomed" because we don't have your exact scenario all the time. Not very fair IMO.
That would be my choice also. I've never had water damage but have had friends with it, without even getting it wet. It is very humid here and you can get water damage from that.To get the thread back on track; I would pick water resistance.
Im sure that has a lot to do with it. Nothing is built to last anymore like is was when I was a kid in the sixties. A lot of people don't keep their phones more than two years, including myself. Ive never had to replace a battery in a smart phone.Battery FTW, but they are using that as excuse. Sealed batteries are to force devices overall into a two year retirement model.
Also I feel the need to express this aspect....
Water resistance as well as "premium" construction is marketing smoke and mirrors for the truth. The truth is, a fixed battery of any type represents forced obsolesence by the carrier and manufacturers. They have cleverly disguised planned obsolesence by using words like "Premium Handset", and "IPX water submersion", since no battery will sustain its original capacity beyond ~2 years.
The reality is though we should not have to make a choice one way or the other... There is no reason manufacturers and carriers can not give us BOTH water resistance and a replace-able battery. Look at water submersible point and shoot cameras. All it takes is a trap door and gasket seal to achieve BOTH water resistance and removable batteries.
The non-removable battery isn't about being water resistant. The S5 was water resistant.Yes... this obsolescence is one reason I chose removeable battery.
I've got TWO external quick charge batteries and fast charge car charger as, we'll as home office fast charging. All this is great.
However... Battery degradation, which I've posted a lot about, IS the issue for me and why I like to swap out batteries when they get weaker and keep the older as spares.
I can afford new phones if I want but at a THOUSAND dollars a piece Inc accessories and taxes, that's a LOT of cash for a phone.
If many folks live in areas where it's drenching humid and wet, so be it... get your water resistant phone.
I too cannot understand why the Samsung cannot make removeable battery and water resistant.
Sammy is marketing Smart. They want people to update EVERY YEAR. That's too much in my book.
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Lol, I guess you've never truly experienced the joys of swappable batteries. Battery packs are cumbersome and nowhere near as convenient.Portable juice packs have made removable batteries obsolete
I've done both. Not much difference IMO.Lol, I guess you've never truly experienced the joys of swappable batteries. Battery packs are cumbersome and nowhere near as convenient.
Also I feel the need to express this aspect....
Water resistance as well as "premium" construction is marketing smoke and mirrors for the truth. The truth is, a fixed battery of any type represents forced obsolesence by the carrier and manufacturers. They have cleverly disguised planned obsolesence by using words like "Premium Handset", and "IPX water submersion", since no battery will sustain its original capacity beyond ~2 years.
The reality is though we should not have to make a choice one way or the other... There is no reason manufacturers and carriers can not give us BOTH water resistance and a replace-able battery. Look at water submersible point and shoot cameras. All it takes is a trap door and gasket seal to achieve BOTH water resistance and removable batteries.
What is who talking about?What are you talking about?
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The non-removable battery isn't about being water resistant. The S5 was water resistant.