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A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years (www.techradar.com)

submitted 10 months ago by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] elshandra@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If this was an economically scalable proven thing today, phones wouldn't be sold with batteries in 5 years.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is doable, but it's not practical. Technology moves so fast nowadays, a 10 year old i7 is easilly surpassed by a modern day i3.

Don't get me wrong, I use old tech all the time, but it's becoming increasingly impractical to do so.

[–] elshandra@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah so you'll just move your battery from your i17 to your i18.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I was talking about desktop CPUs, but the same principle applies to any sort of SoC or CPU. What is "the best" today is surpassed within a month or two.

This is also why I usually buy second hand computer equpment. There's no point, it's extremely expensive the day it hits the market, and in a year, it's like 1/3 of the price. This is especially true for GPUs.