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Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab... by tvbusy on Monday September 07, 2026 @09:53AM (#49598484)
I'll never forget the feeling when you get an old phone, replace the battery and it's like brand new again. People no longer need to replace their phone every year anymore so being able to just replace the screen and battery makes the device practically brand new.
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Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab... by 8note on Monday September 07, 2026 @11:52AM (#49599734)
I was expecting the bew folding screen to be really easy to replace, given that its basically floating behind a frame, but turns out no! its actually so built into the frame as to be a full body replacement with all the accompanying surgery
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Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab... by mitxela on Monday September 07, 2026 @08:56PM (#49604507)
Another thing you can do: scroll through your app list and delete all the ones you don't use.

And if you keep your phone in flight mode when you're not using it, you'll quadruple your battery life or more. Both because the radio is off, and also because apps aren't waking up the CPU to spy on you every few minutes, since they can't transmit it.

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Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab... by streetfighter64 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @05:06AM (#49607657)
Quadruple? Depends on how you're counting I suppose. The problem with using flight mode is that the phone then becomes useless at its job as a phone, i.e. a device that other people can use to call you.
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Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab... by silisili on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @02:56AM (#49622275)
Highly depends on signal strength, too. Having a phone with only one bar of LTE absolutely murders battery life, so that claim is probably accurate in that circumstance.
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