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Originally Posted by leebase
What? It’s EASIER to plug in an external battery than trying to swap out a battery in the middle of a call. And my battery banks supply juice to all my devices, not just the exact model of phone like days of yore when I did buy extra batteries for my phones.
Of course, when the main battery isn’t healthy enough to run the phone in normal circumstances... you need to replace the battery. Something like every 3 or 4 years. I can handle going to a shop for that rare thing,
But just for “more power” when tethering and the like? An external battery packet is muc preferred. IMHO, of course
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Hi L., I may have not be as clear as wanted/needed. What I meant with «To use a power bank is comparatively an unhealthy hack that should only be done in emergencies», is that I suspect that power bank charging may be less healthy for your device's battery than wall charging. Especially if the battery is embedded (some devices pretty surely will drain relatively fast and not exist with quickly replaceable battery - it could be an ultraportable computer or an AR set), you may want to keep it as longeve as possible... Also with particular regard to capacity loss after wear (batteries that initially have, say, 3500 mAh of actual capacity, but that may perform as 3000, 2500, 2000 etc. after some amount of work-hours) - you want to avoid that. To replace an embedded battery is a nuisance and you will want to keep that event distant in time.
Of course it is easier to plug the power bank. I meant I suspect it may be inadvisable, for the above.
This given, I prefer to waste 9˝ seconds swapping the batteries (off, remove lid, swap, close, turn on) than go around with a cabled palm device. How is that "fully" practical? Only partially in the car for reasons of re-charge duration, and hardly practical while walking, with those "chemistry set tubes" pocket-to-pocket (or similar).
And again, as written, if the device is shipped with a, say, 4000 mAh, but I can equip it with an 8000 mAh, I do jump on the latter option like a cougar.
I do not understand your note about «just for “more power” when tethering and the like». When I mentioned tethering, I meant that I normally stress the original battery of the Note 4 keeping it frequently under unneeded but forced charge, as it is cable connected to my computer e.g. for tethering, to provide me with an Internet connection - just as I am doing right now in order to post. I must be honestly surprised of the longevity and resistance of these batteries equipped by Samsung. But nonetheless - it is an avoidable impact. You probably meant "the need of extra capacity when wireless tethering" (I instead meant cabled tethering, which charges it, while wireless tethering fast drains it); in this case, I can confirm that my big phone batteries can drain after much less of a day of intensive/extensive use (e.g. when travelling), and I keep each of my radios (from GSM to GPS) off when unneeded. No need to do special tricks, just "normal" (though not "superficial") phone use is enough to make you need more capacity.
If power banks were really that practical, then or Dr. Drib would not have grounds to lament the difficulty of replacing batteries in tablets. The Doctor would happily hang around with a power bank connected e-reader. But for reasons, he does not...