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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 78 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What kind of sadistic shit bag would actually want those defective easily broken pieces of trash back???

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 41 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I want full size USB-B on all phones. Fight me

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Thicker Phone with a longer battery and durable. Sign me up.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Nope. It's aaaaaall camera bump.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Camera bump really pisses me off. Just make the phone thicker with a longer battery damnit

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Your phone is now a cylinder behind the camera.

[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

God yes. I absolutely HATE that phones got slimmer and slimmer while also consuming more battery - which can’t be swapped like the good old days.

I’ve got giant hands. Give me a phone that’s AT LEAST twice as thick with a battery that lasts at least three days.

I’d absolutely carry a large Motorola brick phone style if those were still viable today. They do make retro gimmick phones like it, but you really do need a smartphone for a lot of specific apps.

[–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unihertz and Oukitel both make "rugged" phone models with giant batteries - aimed at weekend campers with giant hands. And Fairphone and Volla both have phones that still allow for easy battery swapping.

[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Neat, I've never heard of those. Unihertz makes one with a projector in it... that's wild. I'd be hesitant to buy a phone that's sold on AliExpress though, I'd assume OS support wouldn't be that great.

[–] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, software support tends to be pretty bad for their devices, with few updates, and they are often bad with posting kernel source for their devices, so hard to get custom roms or flash alternative OS's on them too. But if you want a phone that has a battery that can last 3 days straight - they are indeed available for purchase

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago

There are a ton of those in the market already

[–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] otacon239@feddit.de 17 points 10 months ago

Just give me an AGP slot on my phone. Hell, toss in a SCSI while you’re at it.

[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

If battery technology werenʼt still stuck in the Vietnam War era, 2-second rapid charging would require something like a thick boi USB-B cable to satisfy everyoneʼs desire to also use their phone as a tazer/hand grenade/flying drone/cardiac defibrillator/space heater.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I've had 400% more failures of USB C than of micro. Keep in mind I've only had C for a couple years, and micro for 14 across numerous devices.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

That's got to be something you're doing. Cause I've had exactly zero problems. In fact I don't think I've actually met a person who's ever had a problem with USB - C. But I have boxes (plural) of dead micro USB cables and, on top of that, I have so many devices that have been rendered useless by the fact that the micro USB port has been blown or damaged in some way it's not even funny.

Edit, these are not all mine. They are from multiple people.

[–] SirSnufflelump@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm with you. Those spring-latch-things on the micro just give up on life and the whole thing becomes useless or tears apart the port you try to plug them into. I say leave them in the past

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I love the counter argument of "oh, the USB - C gets dirt in it". As though that hasn't been an issue with every port ever conceived. 😒

[–] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Was a lot less of an issue with lightning than with other connectors, but I realize that people hate the lightning for some reason.

[–] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People hate lightning because it's proprietary

[–] SirSnufflelump@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

And because of the little metal piece that would break off and prevent your phone from charging. You could just weasel it out with tweezers but most people would think their port was broken because they didn't know it was even an issue.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

LG phones were notoriously bad...the v60 especially had a defective port.

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what you're doing because I've had 0 failures with it

[–] shottymcb@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Type-C ports are a lot more sensitive to dirt in my experience. I can keep it working if I clean the port every couple weeks, but at this point I just pretend phones don't have charging ports.

[–] ma11en@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Sounds like you need to invest in some port covers.

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

They are, but it hasn't been a problem for me. I clean the port on my phone maybe twice a year

[–] Storspoven@feddit.nu 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Me too, first two phones I had with USB C both developed issues with the port, one shorted in the port, the other for some reason could only be charged with one specific cable, oriented in only one direction. Never had any issues with the ports on any previous USB micro phones.

The current one works alright though, and its capable of detecting water and dirt in the port, so probably won't short itself. So I think the technology is improving.

[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago

In my experience, that's what tends to happen with a dirty port/cable. Cleaning it out solves the problem 99% of the time.

[–] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

My anecdotal experience is the complete opposite of you two lol. Tons of issues with micro-b and a few broken connectors. No issues thus far with C.

[–] enleeten@discuss.online 3 points 10 months ago

Do not taunt micro USB adapter

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Failures of ports or cables?

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Definitely user error.