[174489] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Book / Literature Recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Dobbins)
Wed Sep 17 01:03:34 2014
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From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net>
In-Reply-To: <3b5814e1509276409a95840be3d7fb21@mail.dessus.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:03:16 +0700
To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Sep 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf@dessus.com> wrote:
> Most phones these days, however, ship with teeny weenie batteries that =
can barely keep the device working for a few hours at a time, let alone =
be actually useful for anything (unless you carry four or five fully =
charges spares with you at all times). The manufacturer provided =
battery would last about 6 hours with all functions turned on, provided =
you never used the phone or turned on the display.
Samsung's Note 2 (what I'm using), Note 3, and the upcoming Note 4 all =
sport removable batteries, thankfully, along with MicroSD slots (I have =
a 128GB MicroSD in mine).
=20
ZeroLemon (available through Amazon) make high-capacity batteries/cases =
for the Samsung phones. I have two of their 9,000mAh extended batteries =
for the Note 2, along with their ZeroShock case which replaces the back =
cover of the phone and holds the extended-life batteries (the batteries =
themselves come with replacement back covers/cases, but I prefer the =
presumed additional protection offered by the ZeroShock case).
> Some manufacturers even specialize in manufacturing non-serviceable =
devices in which you cannot put a real battery if you wanted.
For iPhone users, the iBattz battery cases feature removable batteries - =
they're the same ones used in the Samsung Galaxy S3, and so are readily =
available. So, one can replace the batteries in the battery case as =
needed, which is the best design I've seen for the iPhone. iBattz are =
available via Amazon, as well. Battery chargers for these batteries are =
also readily available, so that one can charge the batteries themselves =
without being forced to plug the iPhone/case itself into a charger (also =
available from Amazon). =20
> Now if only there was a way to get them to not use that bloody awful =
super-glare glass (or get it replaced with a matte non-glare glass) so =
that you didn't have to go stand in a dark closet to use the phone ...
Anti-glare screen protectors are available for most any phone, these =
days. Again, they're available via Amazon.
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