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Nothing’s first CMF phone could be customizable with dial and kickstand add-ons (www.theverge.com)
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[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Nothing really are the masters of artificially generated hype. A lanyard for your phone...? Really? Why is anyone excited about this?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I love that this appears to have the option of installing an extended battery. I had one on my HTC Incredible, and got one for my wife too when she got her HTC Thunderbolt. The Thunderbolt had CRAP battery life because of the drain from the new ~~3g~~ 4g radio, and the Inc was so small... I probably wasn't helping the battery situation with my custom ROMs. But we didn't mind a bit of extra bulk in order to achieve a full day+ of heavy use, and had a spare battery we could bring with us if needed, too.

And then the sleek, gorgeous HTC One m7 came out and after only one generation, sealed in batteries were the norm for every other phone I've ever owned. Now, the battery life wasn't so bad - and so I didn't mind, but all these years later I wish it were at least an option on the market.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Fun fact. The Thunderbolt had two modem chips, a 3G modem and a 4G modem. Normally phones have one modem. Also the 4G modem was indeed super inefficient and ate electricity for breakfast. It was necessary at the time as Verizon hadn't fully integrated CDMA and LTE yet.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Oh that's right - it was right on the cusp of 4g. Thanks for that.

Wow, that's a pretty hamfisted approach, but they did the best with what they had I guess.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I seem to remember motorola having a phone awhile back (2016?) that had basically a magsafe battery pack that would just lay on the back of it. And a speaker and such. It was gimmicky given how uncomfortable the naked phone would be to hold in your hand, but it was cool that such a thing was possible.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I had that one too actually - the Moto Z. I rather liked the feel of it with nothing on the back at all, but there were swappable magnetic plates you could put on it if you didn't like the feel. I never bought into the Moto mod ecosystem but was definitely into the idea of the battery pack and IIRC, there was a full camera body with a zoom lense you could buy too.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Lame. Add a removable battery and its IP68, I'm sold.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Modular phones are a solution looking for a problem. Every use case is either "I wanna upgrade my CPU" or something that can be achieved with a case.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Nothing also hasn’t revealed if removing the rear panel will provide easier access to the CMF Phone 1’s internals, including its battery, but the feature may focus more on customizing appearance and functionality than improving repairability.

Hopefully it's still repairable in that case. Although I'd love to see it prioritized more.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I think they are betting big on reparability with this phone.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Interesting phone if they price it right.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

is it customizable with no security issues?

this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2024
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