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Apple put the Magic Mouse’s charging port on the bottom again
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this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2024
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Hey look I understand the annoyance but maybe apple is protecting consumers. Im no expert on this but have heard in tje past that its not good for the battery to use a device while its battery is charging.
Yet I do this with chromebook often and the device two years later works like new. But that's a Chromebook with an on average, bigger battery then most low cost phones/mouee.
I'm told they did this to force people to use it wirelessly so they'd be impressed by it. Like for brand protection. No proof so could be made up
On most androuid smartphones have charge port isat the bottom likely to discpurages usage while charging for battery health. The psp also had charger port in an unconfortqable spot that I remember.
Where else would you put the port? Bottom or top wouldn't get in the way of using it. Can you imagine a smartphone that has the charging port on the back like this mouse? It's just terrible design no matter what justification is attempted.
I'm fairly sure my first Android phone had the charging port on one side and the 3.5mm jack on the other side. Look weird? Yes. But it was a bit more comfortable to hold while charging.
Modern devices have little logic chips determining how and when they charge. If it's bad for the battery to keep charging when full it's trivial to design it to just, not.
Maybe the batteries Apple uses are dangerous that way. I've been using a Logitech wireless mouse for years where when it runs low I plug it in to the front (like where a conventional mouse cord would be) and keep using it until it charges up, then it's good for a few weeks. Sometimes doing something different just to be different isn't a good reason.
Maybe because of the additional heat generation, but other than that there's no real reason issue with doing this. Even the heat generation is a non-issue for a mouse.
Unless Apple still using technology from the 80's, I don't see any problem with it
it's not difficult to just make the device run directly from the charger while it's plugged in, a sensible product should benefit from always being plugged in.