pics

19580 readers

305 users here now

Rules:

1.. Please mark original photos with [OC] in the title if you're the photographer

2..Pictures containing a politician from any country or planet are prohibited, this is a community voted on rule.

3.. Image must be a photograph, no AI or digital art.

4.. No NSFW/Cosplay/Spam/Trolling images.

5.. Be civil. No racism or bigotry.

Photo of the Week Rule(s):

1.. On Fridays, the most upvoted original, marked [OC], photo posted between Friday and Thursday will be the next week's banner and featured photo.

2.. The weekly photos will be saved for an end of the year run off.

Instance-wide rules always apply. https://mastodon.world/about

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The metal is smooth, but not shiny. It is super bendable. As soon as I realized what it was, I stopped handling it and washed my hands.

Lead is heavy, but seems such an odd choice for a weight in a consumer device. It must have been cheaper or even free.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did the battery have pull tabs at all? It could also be there to hold the battery in place if there were none. That isn’t uncommon either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It had a strip of double stick tape under it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Ok yeah so that sounds like a mounting bracket for the battery itself. That’s normal, probably not lead.

Genuine Apple batteries will have a pull tab for safely removing the battery, this appears to be a less sexy version of that.