ok so genuine question, not a rant... is soldered RAM actually necessary for modern designs, or just convenient for manufacturers? im buying a new tablet soon and Im torn between a sleek sealed model and a slightly thicker one that i could fix myself in six years... which one would u buy, and why? battery life matters to me, but sooo does not throwing away a whole machine cuz one part wears out.
the soldered ram debate: engineering necessity or planned obsolescence?
id do it myself with a guide, ive replaced a phone battery before. idk what else to say tbh
There is a real engineering side. Soldered LPDDR memory can run at higher speeds with lower power use than socketed modules, which helps battery life in thin designs :/ Newer sockteed formats like LPCAMM try to fix that trade-off.
Voting with your wallet works slowly, but it works. Repair friendly models exist because enough ppl asked for them. worked for me anyway 🤷
lol same thing happened to me buy for the life you expect from the machine. If you keep devices for five years or more, choose teh model with the most RAM and storage u can afford at purchase, because with sealed parts you cant fix that later.
have u checked your tablet settings? mine were reset after an update
@cyrusn502 bought the slightly thicker model with replaceable parts... already feel smug about my future self.
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