Re: Clever helpful suggestion for portable memory using Windows & Android editors

On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 13:20:17 -0700, AJL wrote :

What I love about Android phones, as compared to Apple iPhones, is
Apple puts the cheapest possible battery into every iPhone,

 Just replaced the wife's iPhone 12 after 4+ years because the battery
was going soft. I really can't complain getting 4+ years out of a
phone. I of course could have replaced the battery for around $30 US
(Amazon) but instead got her a new iPhone 16. Happy wife, happy life.

I keep my wife happy by allowing her half of the Amazon Vine choices! :)
 <https://amazon.com/vine/about>
As for the iPhone, we had an iPhone 12 mini which was recently upgraded but
the $89 cost of Apple replacing the battery wasn't anywhere near the $30
you quoted. Did you perhaps not have Apple replace the battery for you?
 <https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-replacement>

to the point that my free ($200 MSRP) Android has a far better
battery than any iPhone ever made.

 But my 5+ year old Samsung Galaxy S10+ battery is not yet showing any
problems (admittedly for my light use) so (in this example of one) your
point is made. But darn, that means no new phone for me... :-(

As you appear to be well aware, anecdotal evidence of just you, or just me,
isn't science; however, the EU is forcing all phone makers to specify in
writing how many charge cycles the battery will take until it goes to 80%.
Apple knew the jig was up so they beefed up the latest iPhones when the EU
enacted that regulation (which takes effect later this year, in fact).
At this point, due to the outlandishly cheap crappo batteries Apple puts in
the iPhone, no iPhone older than the iPhone 15 is allowed to be sold there.
Even the iPhone 15 & 16 *barely* squeak by. Meanwhile, most Android phones easily *double* the EU minimum charge cycles
- which shows more than anecdotally so - how crappy Apple batteries are.
Android batteries are, by and large, fantastic. Mine can start my car! :)
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Poor ole' Apple has to finally tell the truth about their crappy phones!