Batteries on early cell phones needed to be replaced multiple times a day. I remember talk time of like 10 minutes on my motorola StarTec.

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Aachen 6 hours ago | parent [-]

1996, for anyone else wondering

Not sure how comparable that is when considering that the devices are also commonly required as ticket on public transport with no offline fallback (going so far as to include animations on the screen so you can't send a screenshot to a friend or print it out -- no, I have no idea why they think you can't send a video to a friend). Having 10 minutes of use time is simply not on the table, and GP was probably not talking about that class of phones (pre-"smart" phone) in the first place

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detourdog 5 hours ago | parent [-]

https://support.apple.com/guide/security/express-cards-with-...

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Aachen 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

ok? If it dies after 10 minutes and then lets you use a select number of compatible smartcards for another 5, that's not quite the level I think people are talking about here

	▲	detourdog 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If running out of power is super critical carrying a power pack is just as simple as replacement battery. It also more generally useful as it can charge lots devices other then phones. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/external-battery-packs/usb-c-po...

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