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Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

4w ago

LG Innotek to slim down smartphones by replacing solder balls with copper posts

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LG Innotek to slim down smartphones by replacing solder balls with copper posts

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"LG proposes eliminating solder balls"
"By instead using copper, with solder balls on top"
What?
- The article is utter garbage and misunderstands dimensions.
  The new strategy allows for pads to be closer together not for the whole thing to be flatter. It allows to shrink sideways, not in height.
  
  My phone is thinner sideways than most, and it's often a problem when browsing websites that make assumptions about screen dimensions.
I'm finally okay with researching thinner phones, I feel like a modern phone has enough punch compared to just some years ago. Sure, a bigger battery would be nice, or a more effective CPU but it's sincerely okay IMO.
- Even mid-range smartphones have been "good enough" in the last ~5 years in terms of device performance.
  Flagships used to be distinguished by camera quality, but this benefit is not as noticeable as it once was.
  
  Yeah I put a margin there :-) mostly because some years ago you could get good midrange phones but there was a lot of crap around too. I changed my like 5-6 old mid range (good one) for a 2 yo "flagship killer" (so not really a flagship) for the camera (Leika vs cheap crap :-) and well it's scrolling a bit more fluidly... Yeah that's about it.
  It has more storage, ram etc, it's close to my daily PC driver...
Ball torture moved to the shaft.
Let's see how well they drop test...
- Or bend test lol (iphone 15)

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