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European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

I remember when I was looking for a new laptop, I made a replaceable battery a requirement, since my previous laptop's battery (which wasn't replaceable) lost its charge very fast.

Out of the hundreds of laptops available today, I could only find two or three laptop models total with a replaceable battery. And none of them were in physical stores, so a less tech-minded person would never find them.

Interestingly, the replaceable battery also seems to be higher quality than the permanent battery was.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I got one of the framework laptop over a year ago and it's been fantastic other than having a defective trackpad (which took all of 10 minutes to replace after receiving a free replacement part from their support team). I will even be able to upgrade to a newer mainboard with an AMD CPU from the current 11th gen intel later this year when the boards start shipping.

    It really grinds my gears when companies claim that repairable devices aren't possible to make in modern form factors, especially when a rinky dink startup was able to do it.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Out of the hundreds of laptops available today, I could only find two or three laptop models total with a replaceable battery.

    Nearly every business class laptop has a replaceable battery, you just need a philips-head screwdriver for most.

    Anything that is meant for consumers shouldn't be bought anyway, Dell Inspirons and HP Pavilions and shit are not made to last unfortunately. Nor are they made to be easily repairable. I'd go as far as recommend an 8 year old thinkpad over some brand new consumer models. It'll last longer.

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