Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?

Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:

On 2025-06-28 22:40:22 +0000, Carlos E.R. said:

On 2025-06-28 23:48, Your Name wrote:

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Except you have to get the correct charger. The "wrong" charger
(especially el cheapo ones) can, and have, cause phones to be damaged
or catch fire.

 
There are many correct chargers sold by reputable dealers.

 
Yes there are, there are also many incorrect chargers, but most
consumers don't actually know how to tell the difference.

  Unless you buy some el-cheapo, no-brand (Chinese?) charger, any
charger should be a correct charger. Perhaps if it's underpowered, it
doesn't charge quickly or not at all, but all brand chargers should
implement the USB power protocols, i.e. USB BC, USB PD, etc.. (See
for example <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware#Power>.)

  Of course it's sensible to use a low power charger with something like
a smartwatch/activity-tracker and a (very) high power with something
like a laptop, but you should be able to swap those chargers without any
ill effect, i.e. the high power charger shouldn't blow up the
smartwatch/activity-tracker and the low power charger should do nothing
bad to the laptop (other than not charging it).

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