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

Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:29:32 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote :
 
 

Who needs to charge 5 phones *simultaneously*?

 
Hi Chris,
 
I'm trying to be really nice

And failing.

even as I'm always logical and sensible.

Correction: this never happens.

What you seem to be doing is defending Apple's lies about being green.

This is not the case. I have no interest in defending Apple, but I do
challenge bullshit when I see it.

But first, let's talk about the topic of this thread.
Portable storage.

Not the point of what you said nor what I responded to so ...

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Who needs to charge 5 phones *simultaneously*?

 
Now to your question. Let's say those were all Apple iPhones, ok?
That's a fair assumption, right? An Apple family. Four iPhone 12 mini's.
>
And, as you well know, the iPhones all come with cheap crappy batteries.
So you're darn well assured you'll be charging all four every night.

No family with no previous history of buying smartphones buys the whole
family a new phone.

But, ok, in this absurd scenario yes you probably would need to buy a new
charger for each phone. Now you have a charger you can use with your next
purchases in 2, 3 or more years.

The net result with future purchases is fewer chargers required.

Again, ppl do
have existing chargers some will even charge two or more <gasp> devices at
once!

 
Chris,
The fact you said "existing chargers" (which parrots Apple's lies) belies
that we paid a lot of money for that cheaply made iPhone 12 mini.
 
To get the charging speeds we paid for, we'd need a 20 Watt PD charger.
Are you even aware of the facts about Apple chargers Chris?
I am.
 
Apple has *never* in its entire history of selling iPhones, ever put a 20
Watt PD charger in any iPhone box every sold in the entire world, Chris.

So what? Any rating of charger will work. You don't *have to* charge at
20W, especially overnight.

As luck would have it and like you I have bought an ipad which did come
with a 20W charger so I can use that if I want.

iphones also don't come with wireless chargers either. You should buy five
of them as well given you've paid for that feature.