When you connect a new device to a 'smart' tv, you must pay homage to the manufacturer with a ritualistic dance. Plugging and unplugging the device. Turning them on and off in the correct sequence like entering a konami code.
Every time you want to switch devices, the tv must scan for them. And god forbid you lose power, or unplug something. You are granted the delight experience of doing it all over again.
I have fond memories of the days of just plugging something in, and pressing the input button. Instant gratification. It was a simpler time.
I know this is a cop-out because of the vast number of other improvements to devices and infrastructure, but I really liked having a seemingly indestructible phone with a removable 10-day battery and an absolute deathgrip on that 2g/3g network.
Have you tried the fairphone?every component, including the batteries are easy to swap. Only issue is that it's a midperformance phone costing the price of a high end Huawei/Sony (Samsung and Apple prices are just straight robbery)
I'm eyeing a fairphone or a pixel (graphene) when Europe makes swappable batteries the standard. Until then, I hope my phone keeps on working, I don't change phone unless my last one dies.
When my TV that's as old as me dies, I'll just use a computer monitor. They're pretty much the same just smaller.
If I can ever afford to have children looks like were crowding around a 27inch monitor connected to a Linux PC cause no way I'm buying one of those surveillance tech smart TVs.
Why swap a 10 day battery anyway? What's the use case here? I mean in the last decade I had not a single phone die on me with an empty battery. That's one day battery life or more, so why 10 days and have it (hot) swappable?
I understand that on a hike or while camping outlets and wall chargers are off limit. But there are so good alternatives to having an immensely dense battery in the phone that you don't also have to carry all the time.
Oh you mean replace. Swap means (for me) to switch from one battery to another on the go. Of course, replacing batteries in any appliance should be easy and cheap. Maybe not necessarily being performed by the customer.