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Apple Explains Why It Won’t Make iPhones With Replaceable Batteries (www.inverse.com)
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[–] 63 points 3 years ago (13 children)

So glad to see the Apple fans here aren't a bunch of blind yesmen. With an R&D budget the size of Apple's I am sure theres a way to figure somwthing out.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (8 children)

    Especially since waterproof phones with replaceable batteries already existed. They aren't exactly working from nothing.

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  • [+] -7 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    They exist but not at this thinness. That’s an important difference.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I don't think anybody really cares about an extra half millimetre of thickness, especially if it means that you can save hundreds in replacement costs and extend its life by a few years. Nobody's buying an iPhone and busting out the calipers to compare it to their previous phone.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I care. This thing’s already thick and heavy enough, and I don’t particularly care about popping the back off my phone to replace a battery. It’s like…once every two years that I have to replace it.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Really refreshing to see Apple fans who have not forgotten they are consumers who have features they want as opposed to accepting whatever decision is made for them.

    Other site was a weird mix of people who seemed less Apple consumers and shared more in common with Apple shareholders with the lengths they'd go to defend things from Apple's financial point of view.

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