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EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk! (www.youtube.com)
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[–] -1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

But they are replaceable in that sense. You can take it back the the manufacturer or to one of those independent phone stores and they’ll swap out a battery for you.

I don’t think a user swappable battery is actually a feature most users need. Not when smartphones get over a day out of a charge, you can charge at home, work or in a car, and external batteries exist.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    That's where I have to disagree. Perhaps in your country you have lots of OEM repair stores but where I live we have none. Only 3rd party guys who are totally independent.

    I had a LG V30 in mint condition but the battery was done. No one has that battery and no one is interested in getting it because LG sold so few devices here. You can't even find cases for most phones, only Samsung phones or iPhone's.

    So I had to get a new phone.

    This is very common in most of the world, especially the Developing countries.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    What phone are you using? Both apple and Samsung have made their devices borderline impossible to swap the battery out. They will then charge you an arm and a leg for sometime that used to be an easy swap.

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