Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won't anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

  • sneezy@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Remember that consumers expect certain things from smartphones nowadays, which will mean that OEMs can’t just go back to the old way of doing things. An IP68 rating would be very difficult to obtain while still offering a premium-feeling device with an easily replaceable battery, for example. These are hurdles OEMs will need to get over to be in compliance.

    this is straight-up BS. there were many phones with ip68 and user-replacable batteries back when sealing the battery in a phone was frowned upon. not all but many.

    • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The EU almost forced the phone industry to start using standardised/interchangeable batteries.

      If the batteries cost as much as a new phone, they’ll reconsider that decision.

      • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It’s so dumb that a standard hasn’t been developed yet. Like AA/C/D, 18650 batteries, etc. They could have modular batteries with different sizes and capacities that work interchangeably.

        • bloodfart@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          1 year ago

          It took forty years for aa batteries to become a standard. They were a trademark type by I think everready.

  • Calvin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I am curious how Apple will get around that this time. I’m almost sure this will be as funny as the whole story about the USB-C cables

  • eggshappedegg@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s not so much the batteries for me but the USB C port that has been my main issue and that damn humidity/water sensor that thinks that I’ve dipped my phone in water when I haven’t

    • madthumbs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s part of the problem I have with this. Most electronics life cycle is gone before or around the time the battery is gone. Only people that abuse the batteries by over charging / full draining typically benefit from replacement batteries. -And this just mostly needs awareness.

      • WireOwl@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        The vast majority of batteries operated devices are stuff that in its use is going to be “abused”. The hell is the harm in letting people switch out a fucking battery if that’s the issue. Companies won’t let people switch batteries out so they are being made. Apple have been fighting tooth and nail over repair shops