• MdRuckus
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    -2110 months ago

    Seriously?! $3500 and it’s lightning?!

    • @phoneymouse
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      2210 months ago

      It’s not even something you need to plug or unplug, it’s supposed to be more or less permanently attached to the battery. You need to use a special tool to unplug it.

      • LazaroFilm
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        810 months ago

        Which means a good thing, the battery is replaceable!!!

          • LazaroFilm
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            010 months ago

            I’ll let you think about this for a bit…

            • @[email protected]
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              210 months ago

              The cable is not fixed on the other side. If you replace the battery, you could just get a new cable with it.

              • LazaroFilm
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                110 months ago

                Oh ok my bad then. I thought it was a HomePod kind of situation.

        • @phoneymouse
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          210 months ago

          Yeah and the capacity of the thing is small given the size of the battery. I think it means you’ll be able to buy a third party battery that is the same physical size but has like 5 times the capacity. Rather than just 2 hours of battery life, you might get 10. Not really clear why Apple didn’t offer a larger capacity.

          • LazaroFilm
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            410 months ago

            given the connector , it’s not just a bunch of cells in that box. So not sure if we’ll be able to cram more W/h in the same space but I can definitely see larger boxes with longer battery life. My guess is they didn’t want to make a bulky and heavy device. If you want to be on it for longer then plug in the wall (or a secondary battery pack)

            • conciselyverbose
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              410 months ago

              I’m guessing most/all of the processing of power for the components is happening on the brick, and that the pins are individual power per component and whatever signals are needed back. You won’t be able to just replace the brick with third party ones because it’s more than just a battery. I could easily see third party packs with a dock-like cutout for the brick to feel like one piece though. It wouldn’t be hard to do.

              • @phoneymouse
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                110 months ago

                Maybe, but the marketing shows the M2 and R1 chips behind the lenses of the device. Hard to know…

      • @FlatFootFox
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        1710 months ago

        Wide Lightening cannot harm you. Wide Lightening is inaccessible without the aid of a SIM opening tool.