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Why the hell did that stop (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Stamets to c/memes
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I remember when my mom had a phone with a removable battery, she would drop it a lot and it would separate into a gazillion components but it wouldn't break. I miss the days

[–] Shard 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I feel like the parts separating had a lot to do with saving the phone as a whole. It must be absorbing and dissipating some of that energy from the fall rather than all that energy being directed into the phone when it stays together.

I remember my old phones would fly apart from a fall but they'd never suffer any meaningful damage.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also the phones were all plastic, soft and bouncy.

Compare that to a new glass box with a metal frame

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I think that combined with the explodey factor really saved a lot of my mom's phones back in the day. In the absolute worst case scenario, there'd maybe be a bit of the corner gouged out if she dropped it on the road or something, but that kind of damage doesn't spread and you don't end up with glass shards in your finger if you try to use the phone anyway. Now I've gotta practically wrap the thing in bubble wrap to keep it working if it drops

[–] Ultraviolet 5 points 10 months ago

Similar to crumple zones on a car, but it can be put back together.