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Old 09-23-2016, 12:28 AM   #104 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by Astro View Post
Now it would be rare to see somebody using a basic phone.
All I'd have to do is look in a mirror :-)

It's not a matter of habits & expectations. With phones, it's the power of marketing, plus the fact that people generally can charge them every night. If they had to recharge 3-4 times a day, or ran out of charge in the middle of a call (text, &c), I think it'd be a different story.

Likewise with cars: if you make trips of 20, 40, or even 60 miles, an EV with an 80 mile range is fine. If you need to make trips of say 120 miles, it isn't.

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