Federation with lemm.ee seems to be very very far behind

I am still using my OG Chromecast from 2014.

The article is referring to cellular network equipment not mobile phones.

the battery itself is $25

Kinda steep considering a 3rd party store in Singapore charges a similar amount including labour for a battery replacement for a old redmi note 7.

Here in Singapore MMS was discontinued several years ago as people had left for other messaging platforms like WhatsApp long ago.

https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/tech-news/farewell-mms-messaging-service-set-to-end-after-mid-november

Sodium batteries are already in electric cars many months ago

https://www.engadget.com/the-first-ev-with-a-lithium-free-sodium-battery-hits-the-road-in-january-214828536.html

Also you could buy individual cells on AliExpress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6zcI1GrkK4

If you have been following the Chinese solar industry, you would be aware that solar manufacturers from China, such as Suntec etc have gone bankrupt over the past decade or more. China’s approach of allowing underperforming solar companies to go bankrupt is one of the reasons why their solar industry is so formidable.

I suppose the original source titled it better.

CATL expects its batteries to power electric aircraft with up to 3,000 km range

Is there a source that says its an LMFP battery?

That’s good to know.

To save battery life I suppose. Also some phones may kill a background app even when told not to thus preventing messages from being received.

Probably something that does not require a phone number while still using google firebase notification system? Basically a less buggy version of session messenger.

From my understanding briar requires both clients to be online at the same time to use?

But do you use the equivalent of a Nokia 3210 phone?

https://bigmestore.com/

This is for the S series lineup. Samsung still have their A series and M,F,C series in other markets.

If I’m not mistaken, those portable power stations with AC inverters consume power even when not in use. You probably should use the DC output wherever possible.

AliExpress?

Sodium batteries are already in electric cars many months ago

https://www.engadget.com/the-first-ev-with-a-lithium-free-sodium-battery-hits-the-road-in-january-214828536.html

Also you could buy individual cells on AliExpress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6zcI1GrkK4

According to Euro NCAP all Chinese cars from 2022–2024 got the 5 star safety rating. While many non Chinese models got 4 stars.

https://www.euroncap.com/en/ratings-rewards/latest-safety-ratings/#?selectedMake=0&selectedMakeName=Select a make&selectedModel=0&selectedStar=&includeFullSafetyPackage=true&includeStandardSafetyPackage=true&selectedModelName=All&selectedProtocols=51097,49446,45155&selectedClasses=1202,1199,1201,1196,1205,1203,1198,1179,40250,1197,1204,1180,34736,44997&allClasses=true&allProtocols=false&allDriverAssistanceTechnologies=false&selectedDriverAssistanceTechnologies=&thirdRowFitment=false