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Nokia 3310 with modern technology would only need to be charged once a month (feddit.org)
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Just imagine the 3310 with 2nm technology and a modern battery that fills up the then available space. It would run forever(tm)

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[–] 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I wonder if the more modern mobile network protocols require slightly more power than the 2-3G of old. It's probably a rounding error; it would run forever™ minus an hour or so.

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  • [–] 11 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

    Not just slightly more power. A lot more power.

    Mind you, performance went through the roof compared to 2/3G. Performance per watt went up. But to get that sweet 200-600Mbps wireless, you need more power. More uptime on the modem.

    A phone from 25 years ago would "stay connected" to the network but idle the modem or even shut down higher functionalities beyond the standard connection ping. A modern phone is CONSTANTLY streaming data. Push notifications. Optimised download of music, syncing of photos, emails, chat messages for your 74 different apps in their different protocols. There's no built in protocol to optimise a specific channel (SMS/MMS/RCS usage is considerably lower than iMessage, WhatsApp, Messenger, Viber, Telegram, etc.).

    All that creep uses up resources. And unfortunately, the Windows Phone approach of designing for the lowest common denominator, with sane background task rules etc., went out the window around 2014 (even on desktop).

    All of this combined makes a modern 3310 nigh impossible.

    Or, you can have it, but it's not a phone worth having, because all it will be able to do is call, send text messages, and maybe have a basic browser built in...

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  • [–] 3 points 15 hours ago

    Well, a Nokia style phone would not need all this permanent movement of data. That is basically the point of such a device. Just Phonebook, phone, SMS, clock, alarm. But no Facebook, browser, Instagram, YouTube, photos and videos.

    Optionally, a simple camera that only stores locally, and uploads to the PC via USB, and/or a simple MP3 player, also to be fed via USB. No cloud stuff, no network.

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  • [–] 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

    Sounds a lot like the minimal phones that exist these days. Some of them really just call and text. Some are a bit nicer since they have navigation and a simple distraction free browser.

    If you were to use only 2G and disable mobile data, it should last several days.

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  • [–] 5 points 20 hours ago (1 child)

    Sure, but 2G networks don't exist anymore. Even 3G is being phased out.

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  • [–] 4 points 20 hours ago*

    And that’s why this whole idea is getting increasingly unrealistic. The world has moved on, and there’s no going back. But in theory, it should still be possible to get amazing battery life with modern chips and batteries. You would also need to change the phone grid to make that dream fully come true.

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