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It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won't anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Security/OS updates: 4 years on typical android at this point (fair phone claiming 7) 5 on an iPhone.

I did a battery replacement on my iPhone 7 at about the 3 year mark and got another 2 years out of it. Full updates from apple and 100% App Store app compatibility that whole time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

iPhones get OS updates for ~6 years, security patches for longer. In 2021, apple updated a 9 year old phone with a security patch.

Apple is objectively the only way to go if you want a device that you’ll be able to use for >5 years.