On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 19:01:47 +0000 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net wrote:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/12/05/2032203/engineers-explain-why-the-g...
whoops. *sigh*.... so i'll be increasing the laptop's height by 1mm. argh. that's a big redesign...
The root of the article is a blog post[1] by a company specialized in finding and fixing such issues, where they analyzed the issue by buying and taking apart a Galaxy Note 7. The article also heavily try to promote the services that this company offers.
The information was then picked by a review magazine that wrote a journalistic article[2] with that information.
The journalistic article was then picked by slashdot.
It would probably be wiser to ask battery experts before taking any decision, since: - That company tried to promote their services. - They don't point to documentation or information on the margin they refer to. - The battery technology is probably different on the EOMA laptop. - The casing is probably different too. - That laptop will probably be used for a time that is way longer than the average use time for consumer smartphones. - The average customers for common smartphones don't mess with them, open the device, access the PCB, etc...
What if, for instance: - You need more space than the 10% figure they mentioned? You probably don't want to redesign it twice, and you probably don't want to make unsafe laptop either, especially because they will probably be used for a very long time by people messing with them. - You don't need to redesign the laptop because the problem doesn't apply it.
References: ----------- [1]https://www.instrumental.ai/blog/2016/12/1/aggressive-design-caused-samsung-... [2]http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/instrumental-galaxy-note-7-teardown-news...