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Re:Moto Razr 2019: A foldable smartphone with no display crease by CivBase on Thursday November 14, 2019 @09:39AM (#21535671)
> the battery tech is in the stone age by comparison

Is this really the case? Legit question. I'm not very familiar with the state of battery tech, but I remember the release of that massive Energizer phone and I don't think I'd be comfortable trading that much size for a better battery.

Re:Moto Razr 2019: A foldable smartphone with no display crease by zamadatix on Thursday November 14, 2019 @01:09PM (#21537756)
The Energizer phone never released, it was cancelled.

My first smartphone was a Note 2. I put a 10 amp hour zero lemon battery on that, was great. I did the same thing with the Note 4. Nowadays everyone makes it ridiculous to swap a battery and I don't like the "wrap around style" but thankfully phones with 4-5 amp hour batteries with more efficient SoCs are available these days so it's not as bad.

I'd still love to see a large format phone with a 6-7 amp hour battery built in though. It would barely be any thicker and would mean once a week charge for me.

Re:Moto Razr 2019: A foldable smartphone with no display crease by yaccz on Thursday November 14, 2019 @02:41PM (#21538628)
better displays are mostly engineering problems while better batteries are a science problem.