LG hints its G5 will have a removable battery while poking fun at Samsung
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- Anonymous
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- 31 Jan 2016
AnonD-385537, 31 Jan 2016Who the hell cares about a removable battery. I've had man... moreTroll detected.
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- 31 Jan 2016
Who the hell cares about a removable battery. I've had many handsets and never had to swap out a battery once. I'll take samsung's sleek sexy s6 with sealed battery, non expandible flash memory and glass back over LG's big thick ugly ass plastic outdated looking handset any day. Samsung is awesome and options like the VR headset is icing on the cake. Sammy is not just a phone. It's an experience. People talk shit about lg still having removable battery and sd card yet their sales suck.
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- Anonymous
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- 31 Jan 2016
anothercomment, 30 Jan 2016indeed lg: u can swap batteries within seconds... but ca... moreWithout doubt, to swap batteries is still better :)
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- Anonymous
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- 31 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2016Just because the battery is sealed does not mean that it do... moreDon't make me angry. Tell me one thing, ONE thing good about sealed batteries.
The often cited one of "better looks" is shot down if you use a mechanism to swap the battery (ala LG 5) .
And the other often cited argument ("it makes the phone slimmer") is an even worse, cause you can simply use a lower capacity replaceable one to make an equally slim phone. Yes it will have 500 MaH less, but so what? Your sealed battery will hold less charge in less than a year anyway!
Also I can swap it in the middle of the day. What do you do when you're low on battery? Oh I know, search for plugs wherever you are, tethering your phone and tethering yourself...
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- 30 Jan 2016
Mir, 30 Jan 2016Samsung Mobile.
We go from 0 to Full in 90 minutes ..
a... moreindeed
lg: u can swap batteries within seconds...
but can loose power less than 90 minutes.....
nice one..... lol
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- 30 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2016Far worse:
1) Makes the phones fat and ugly
2) Takes a ... moreA hundred times this! A hot swappable battery would be super awesome!!! They should provide a second inbuilt reserve battery which can hold power for 5-10 mins or so. No need to reboot the phone then. It can also act as a critical last reserve for emergency 911 calls. They can bundle a battery charging cradle and an extra battery. Whenever your battery is low just remove it and put the charged one in, place the depleted battery in the cradle and its done! 90 seconds tops and completely seamless battery top up from 0 to 100 percent. The recent patent which denotes the ejection mechanism for the battery will be a perfect fit for such implementation.
This will be a great USP. Much better than wireless charging or fast charging. IMO.
Why hasn't someone else got this figured out? We can make phones lighter and slimmer with this. Using many smaller, lighter batteries instead of one large one. Like 2x2500mAh (Hot Swappable) vs 1x3500mAh (Sealed).
If Gionee can do it then why not LG?
Hoping for it to turn into a reality..
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- Anonymous
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- 30 Jan 2016
G5 user, 30 Jan 2016thats the reason because im so proud of my G2 .amazing scre... moreThe G5 indeed has the chance to bring those days back. The G4 was a great improvement in many ways, but still had those crappy issues. Hopefully the G5b is the final remedy to battery and size as well
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- Anonymous
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- 30 Jan 2016
TheNeighbor, 30 Jan 2016Samsung:
Before - Swappabble batteries: Full power in un... moreJust because the battery is sealed does not mean that it does not have many advancements and advantages or than you have to be vein to get it.
What afoolish close minded idea
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- 30 Jan 2016
AnonD-77465, 30 Jan 2016Well said LG, even though "instantly" is an exaggeration, b... moreNow that's a Smack for Samsung hahaha
Good job
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- 30 Jan 2016
Samsung:
Before - Swappabble batteries: Full power in under 90 seconds.
Today - Sealed batteries: Full power in under 90 minutes.
Samsung has regressed than progressed with its flagship products. Only the underpowered users with vanity as their main purpose would buy Samsung shiny gold colored, fragile glass devices. Even justify 64 GB as "enough" while still carrying OTG to compensate.
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- 30 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2016Using extended battery (2x or 3x bigger than stock battery)... moreYeah i agree, it takes ages to charge my phone with my power bank!
But i also would need to buy a separate battery charger because putting the battery in the phone just to charge it after another is kinda stupid :S
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- TheNeighbor
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- 30 Jan 2016
It's great relief Samsung gets questioned about ditching the removable battery aspect of their flagship devices since the S6. I hate the idea of fixed batteries. That's why I'm not impressed with the Note.5. That sealed battery will surely have degraded performance in 6 months or so.
I recently got my order of 2 double-capacity extended batteries for my Note 3. Daily, I can consume up to 8GB, 6-8 hours of screen on usage time - but I needed to swap sometime late afternoon. So, having double-capacity just gives me no hassle of doing all my usual heavy functions without swapping.
I'll cycle both batteries and swap them like once a month for reducing the degradation of their ability to hold power charges. I don't mind having the hump at the rear. The extra weight is equivalent to an extra battery, and there's significant factor to handling the Note 3.
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- Anonymous
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- 30 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2016Using extended battery (2x or 3x bigger than stock battery)... moreFar worse:
1) Makes the phones fat and ugly
2) Takes a year to charge
3) Carrying a regular spare in your wallet is nothing, swapping it is 1 minute topa., but carrying an effing brick every day is a curse.
NEVER go with a monster battery, go with two smaller ones. To make the "pain" of swapping easier LG should add a secondary 200 may battery (like gionee didi). Peace.
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- Anonymous
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- 30 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2016What phone do u have a Nokia, lolNooe Samsung, and nowadays LG.
I always use precharged spares, never ever charged the phone. Too much oof time, my phone is my computer, any "off time" is unacceptable.
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- G5 user
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- 30 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2016Before lg goes around poking fun how about they fix their b... morethats the reason because im so proud of my G2 .amazing screen,phisics,camera,processor,adreno card,better if u have the 32gb version like me,and has all features that u may wonder....battery last really long i cant remeber last time i have a device with a long lasting battery .... if u have it keep it there are not too many thing u will miss on new device if ram and processors are ur concer because u are a heavy gamer then letme tell u u are killing ur phone because if b attery is not ur phone strengh and u will play games then u are out ... mine i use it for casual and last long too,plus i dont fell my device is slow..... fortunately my usage is not extreme and i dont need a swapable abttery but good for those who doesnt have to for a full charging cycle... i guess G5 will bring the G2 GLORIOUS DAYS BACK.
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- 30 Jan 2016
Samsung Mobile.
We go from 0 to Full in 90 minutes ..
and vice versa..
We also go from Full to 0 in 90 minutes.
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- 30 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2016Lol you should have looked at the Mi5c. 5" 1080p IPS LCD, S... moreAll well and good suggesting/recommending that phone, but you forgot one key thing that the person you quoted was requiring (and what this article is actually about), a 'replaceable battery'.
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- Anonymous
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- 30 Jan 2016
AnonD-190634, 30 Jan 2016:o forgot about traveling. this is not for me! but sounds u... moreUsing extended battery (2x or 3x bigger than stock battery) is the best way to extend battery life.
- It's better than having a spare battery and swapping them all the time.
- It's also better than using power bank/external battery case, because if you use them, they charge the phone's battery. It leads to more frequent charging, which will shorten the lifespan of the phone's battery even faster.
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- 30 Jan 2016
AnonD-488240, 30 Jan 2016When i travel, finding an electric outlet and plugging the ... more:o forgot about traveling. this is not for me! but sounds useful! I don't like taking the back cover off specially when they are like my note 4 (feels like it's gonna break any minute)
I always carry a super huge heavy xiomni 10400mah power bank with myself :D
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- 30 Jan 2016
AnonD-282142, 30 Jan 2016I have the G3 and while it was great to have a flagship aga... moreI had a G3, and many friends also. Never had a problem (except for the battery :) goes to fast).