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> the flexible flat cables in flip phones took years to be 'good' enough to last the phone's lifetime

Early flip phones used high spec slip rings instead of flex cables. It's a shame that the industry making those high spec micro slip rings went away with flip phone era.

Only when phones reached the point of being a disposable commodity, they switched to less reliable direct cabling.




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