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kajmanyesterday at 9:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

I like to keep phones a long time. Before I finally slotted in a sketchy new third party battery, my last android would suddenly shut off at anywhere from 15-30℅ battery remaining because of the voltage drop. I think they deserve a pass for that "scandal".


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meatbundragonyesterday at 9:30 PM

I've never seen this with Pixels

rvnxyesterday at 9:16 PM

https://youtu.be/YfnfhM4O_S8?t=202

45% battery on iOS 18

25% battery on iOS 26 (which corresponds to iOS 19)

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This is 2026

https://www.ladbible.com/technology/iphone-ios-update-26-del...

(sadly got stuck with that degraded phone because the Apple Watch that refuses to pair if you run iOS 18)

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