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It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027
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this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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I mean this could happen in Europe, but I suspect something as integral to design/engineering might have Apple wanting to go ahead and split the designs between Europe and other markets. They just love control too much I think to go big in on this feature everywhere.
Guaranteed Apple will have code that says:
If phone > 2 years old:
Slow down phone
If battery changed:
Slow down phone
Etc
They'll still make you buy a new phone. Don't you worry about that.
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Personally I find this terrible news. Expect people to replace their batteries with cheap Chinese fire hazards. With the size of these batteries and the density id be terrified living in an apartment building. There is already a lot of this going on with cheap electric scooters and recreational vehicles.
Add on the fact that I don’t miss the days of bulky phones where I drop them and the battery goes flying out (also dangerous).
2027 wow they could have taken like 3999 With that. It has to come NOW or it has literally 0 effect.
Personally I find this terrible news. Expect people to replace their batteries with cheap Chinese fire hazards. With the size of these batteries and the density id be terrified living in an apartment building. There is already a lot of this going on with cheap electric scooters and recreational vehicles.
Add on the fact that I don’t miss the days of bulky phones where I drop them and the battery goes flying out (also dangerous).
I wonder what percentage of the user base is wanting this? Seems like most people wouldn’t care about it at all.. a battery seems to last a few years and costs about $100 to replace with a genuine part including the warranty of opening watertight phone and maintaining its integrity.
In certain countries and cities there aren't many repair services that work on niche android phones. Often they will only say iPhone/Samsung
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