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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 07:12:11 -0000 (UTC)
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Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:29:32 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote :
> 
> 
>> Who needs to charge 5 phones *simultaneously*? 
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> I'm trying to be really nice 

And failing. 

> even as I'm always logical and sensible.

Correction: this never happens. 

> What you seem to be doing is defending Apple's lies about being green.

This is not the case. I have no interest in defending Apple, but I do
challenge bullshit when I see it. 

> But first, let's talk about the topic of this thread. 
> Portable storage.

Not the point of what you said nor what I responded to so ...

<snip>

>> Who needs to charge 5 phones *simultaneously*? 
> 
> Now to your question. Let's say those were all Apple iPhones, ok?
> That's a fair assumption, right? An Apple family. Four iPhone 12 mini's.
>
> And, as you well know, the iPhones all come with cheap crappy batteries.
> So you're darn well assured you'll be charging all four every night.

No family with no previous history of buying smartphones buys the whole
family a new phone. 

But, ok, in this absurd scenario yes you probably would need to buy a new
charger for each phone. Now you have a charger you can use with your next
purchases in 2, 3 or more years. 

The net result with future purchases is fewer chargers required. 

>> Again, ppl do
>> have existing chargers some will even charge two or more <gasp> devices at
>> once!
> 
> Chris, 
> The fact you said "existing chargers" (which parrots Apple's lies) belies
> that we paid a lot of money for that cheaply made iPhone 12 mini. 
> 
> To get the charging speeds we paid for, we'd need a 20 Watt PD charger.
> Are you even aware of the facts about Apple chargers Chris?
> I am.
> 
> Apple has *never* in its entire history of selling iPhones, ever put a 20
> Watt PD charger in any iPhone box every sold in the entire world, Chris.

So what? Any rating of charger will work. You don't *have to* charge at
20W, especially overnight. 

As luck would have it and like you I have bought an ipad which did come
with a 20W charger so I can use that if I want. 

iphones also don't come with wireless chargers either. You should buy five
of them as well given you've paid for that feature.