• phoenixz
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    2 months ago

    The batteries in my awesome 49 bucks LG HBS 800 are still alive and kicking like 10 hours per day after what, 5 years now? Too bad this particular one was discontinued, but at least I have 2.

    I also had 300 dollar sony buds, half the Audio quality with batteries that lasted 6 months, now I have 5 minutes of shitty audio quality before they die, yay!

    Fuck these design to fail products, they should be outlawed

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      2 months ago

      Charging patterns can make a big difference FWIW

      I don’t think there’s that much variance in lithium battery quality.

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        2 months ago

        The ollbly difference in charging patterns is that the LG headset already lasted 10 hours from the start where the Sony only lasted 5. I couldn’t get a full day of work out of the Sony’s