▲ 1723 ▼ It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 267 comments fedilink hide all child comments Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won't anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.
[–] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) One of them being the Galaxy S5 (I think) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kadu@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) You're correct, though the Galaxy S5 is a bad example. Tthe device looked and felt like a Fischer Price toy. It had flaps everywhere, was annoying to use, and even had a billion software notifications to keep reminding you to monitor and close said flaps. Nowadays we can certainly do better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kadu@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) You're correct, though the Galaxy S5 is a bad example. Tthe device looked and felt like a Fischer Price toy. It had flaps everywhere, was annoying to use, and even had a billion software notifications to keep reminding you to monitor and close said flaps. Nowadays we can certainly do better. permalink fedilink source parent