I remember, and I’m gen z. And some higher end laptops had two battery slots so you can hot swap the batteries without turning it off.

Those were the days. Everyone talks about how smartphones nowadays get people addicted to instant gratification and convenience, but IMO the ability to swap out the battery when it died was a level of instant convenience we had decades ago that modern devices are severely lacking. Having to tether your phone to a battery bank while on the go is nowhere near as good as just popping the back cover and replacing the battery.

  • mitram2@lemm.ee
    101·
    11 hours ago

    My (smart)phone still does it! And it came with a second battery

    ❤️ Fairphone

    • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      31·
      9 hours ago

      I wish I could still use a fairphone as a daily driver in Canada. I have a Fairphone 4, had it shipped all the way from Europe and used it for two years before my network suddenly stopped connecting to it so I ended up getting a new phone. still use it at home though.

      • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
        1·
        18 minutes ago

        Did you try with a new Sim card ? I had the same problem on my fairphone where it kept losing the network.

        I got a new sim card and it fixed the issue.

      • mitram2@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Fully replace it or just switch to another one due to low battery? I haven’t replaced any battery yet as I’ve had them for just a bit longer than 6 months, but I’ve had a couple cases of switching batteries to make sure I don’t run out of battery unexpectedly, for example during a quizz night