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HP Prime Battery consumption analysis
07-14-2015, 07:19 PM (This post was last modified: 07-14-2015 08:22 PM by StephenG1CMZ.)
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RE: HP Prime Battery consumption analysis
Ebswift, it depends what you mean by long time.
There have indeed been some suggestions that the Prime may last longer than a phone, despite both using mini-usb connectors.

The Prime's proprietary battery has been around since about 2013, and the Galaxy compatible battery maybe a couple of years before that (Someone may have the details).
The AA battery has been around since about 1947 (thanks, Wikipedia) - that's over 65 years.

So, which calculator would you bet would be capable of running your program in 2020 or 2100?

A Prime? A Samsung Galaxy phone? If hopes of niches attracting manufacturers to keep manufacturing batteries for old products have been successful?
Or something designed to work on AA batteries?

Of course, some won't be looking for a program to run that long - but then you have to rewrite the program. And just like with batteries, a Proprietary Prime Programming Language probably won't be as easy to find in the future as a more common and well-documented language.

That's not to say the Prime should have had AA batteries - as that may limit performance. But its a consideration which many in this thread have given more priority to than elsewhere.

By the way, many handheld radio transmitters ("walkie talkies") have their own proprietary batteries allowing operation at full power, but can also run at reduced power using an AA battery pack, allowing some continued use in the future. Perhaps the Prime or its successor could take either battery, with a choice of processor speed?

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RE: HP Prime Battery consumption analysis - eelcor - 12-23-2013, 10:39 PM
RE: HP Prime Battery consumption analysis - eelcor - 12-25-2013, 10:12 AM
RE: HP Prime Battery consumption analysis - StephenG1CMZ - 07-14-2015 07:19 PM



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