They don’t make them small like they used to…

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    I miss having my Motorola Z2 Play, with the Moto-Mods platform, as a daily phone.

    External mods that magnetically attach to the back of the phone. Primarily an extra 3500mah battery, but there were others: 360 camera, a printer, 3" stereo speakers, and even a projector.

    I actually still have this phone, but it has become extremely slow, doesn’t get security updates, and is incompatible with lots of apps. It now lives on the handle bars of my ebike, with it’s extra battery mod; mostly as a gps. Occasionally I’ll use it with the projector on the wall of my bedroom; watching movies or youtube.

    https://www.androidauthority.com/moto-mods-789689/

    • tomatoely@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      8 days ago

      Modular phones are such an awesome concept. I wish someone could make a modern spin of it. Maybe like those framework laptops, idk

    • jaygray91@piefed.zip
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      7 days ago

      I still have my Moto Z Play. Motorola had a small distribution in my country so I managed to get the battery pack, but I had to import myself the projector. I shoould try and turn mine on again and see how it’s holding. It is still the most impressive phone to me as a whole. Great performance to price ratio, battery lasts for 2 days with active usage when it was new. It’s bloody stupid that flagship phones and android bloat can’t still get me a full days worth without putting g on ridiculous battery savings shenanigans.