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It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 30 points 3 years ago (2 children)

* in Europe

Tim Cook can suck a fat one.

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

    Oftentimes EU device laws affect other markets because it's easier to send the same device everywhere than to design and produce a separate one just for Europe.

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

    Yeah I don't see Apple paying for wildly different phone designs for different markets. But I have no doubts they'll find some new way to make their phones worthless after 2 or so years.

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

    Updates. That's all you need to know. They've already be caught with the whole slow phone after updates to make you buy a new phone.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I used to say that- but, they did actually have an argument for that- consistent battery life in exchange for lower performance. They thought users would prefer lowering performance of the phone so the battery still lasts just as long- and honestly I don't think they're that wrong. 95% of the time as long as it's usuable I don't care about the performance of my phone- but I do care about battery life.

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