Comment on The Steam Frame Will Have An Enthusiast Kit With A Hot-Swappable Battery

turdas@suppo.fi ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• ryper@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  “Hot-swappable” is above and beyond replaceable. To me hot-swappable sounds like you’ll be able to swap the battery pack without turning off the device, which seems like it would require the device to have another power source to cover the changeover.

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  • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That is indeed the very definition of the term, yes.

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  • Prove_your_argument@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    i’ve had headsets with it. Just takes a very small battery with some seconds of life.

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  • jnod4@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    We have hot swappable batteries for our zebra android phones at work

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• paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Eh, rumors are the battery life will be low in the device. So, this addresses that.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Sounds like a worthwhile tradeoff for something you’re strapping to your face and therefore want to be as light as possible.

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    • kif@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Weight distribution is more important - many put a battery pack on the back headrest to offset the weight of the main body. Makes it a lot more comfortable for longer sessions or fast movement.

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• nialv7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  the battery part of the steam frame is already swappable, just not hot swappable.

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• Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Considering the Steam Deck has an easily replaceable battery this might just be an increased design complexity for hot swapping = more cost, so they made it “enthusiast” tier to have separate pricing.

  It’s a great feature either way though, I’d use it for sure.

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