A gigantic wall of text just to say we don’t have free chargers for whatever reason. IMHO they totally miss the point of the controversy…
A gigantic wall of text just to say we don’t have free chargers for whatever reason. IMHO they totally miss the point of the controversy…
Ehhhh…no, not buying it. We had water-resistant phones before the switch to non-removable batteries. For example, the Galaxy S5 (the last Samsung flagship with a removable battery) had an IP67 rating. The current Galaxy S24 has an IP68 rating. Go ahead, ask your average consumer what the difference is between IP67 and IP68, and how much they care.
Oh yeah, and the S5 also had a headphone jack and SD slot. You can do all these things and still have water resistance, so let’s all please stop perpetuating these myths. If you’re not on Apple’s or Samsung’s payroll, you do not need to lie for them.
Yeah, consumers didn’t kill it the companies did. Same with audio jacks and SD slots. All things to push towards buying accessories, storage upgrades, and pushing people towards buying new phones as battery related issues pop up by making battery swaps an extra hassle needing servicing.
Look at Samsung Galaxy XCover FieldPro: https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-introduces-galaxy-xcover-fieldpro-rugged-smartphone-thats-built-tough-field-ready/
It was basically Samsung Galaxy S9 but in a rugged body, targeted for first responders and alike. Highlight:
You can’t really make an excuse for “waterproofing” after making device like this.
I’d really love something like this honestly. Physical navigation buttons and dock charging. Mmmmm. It makes so much sense on rugged phones.
Thanks for the higher sensitivity “glove mode”, but give me buttons as well, damn it!