Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

  • sini
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    1 year ago

    Apple fanboy here… but they’re probably gonna market the feature with some cool new trendy name and make the battery replacements proprietary.

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        1 year ago

        Overcomplicated, overpriced, and they’re gonna incentive just getting the next gen phone.

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        1 year ago

        You mean built by some other manufacturer and marketed to seem like it was built from the ground up from Apple themselves.

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        1 year ago

        Screens are now up there for genuine. Oh, and btw Apple very quietly implemented an “alert” when you have an aftermarket screen.

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      1 year ago

      Now i hope it says something about availability of the replacement batteries…

      Due to unexpectedly high demand, the $300 battery you ordered has 5 months waiting list. Payment in advance, of course, for your convenience.

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      1 year ago

      I mean…battery replacements were ALWAYS proprietary. You can’t pop a Galaxy S4 battery in a GS 5.

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        1 year ago

        But you can put up a firmware barrier that keeps the phone from booting up, or at least from operating at full advertised capacity, unless it’s an “authentic” battery that’s been officially registered to that particular phone’s serial number, which can only be done via special tools and software that are only available to official Apple repair shops. They’ve done it with cameras and screens and buttons, why not batteries? It’s just another part.

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          1 year ago

          At that point there’s no way they can argue that the battery is user-serviceable without extra tools. Sure, they could argue that the law doesn’t specify that they can’t sabotage the device if you swap your battery but European courts have traditionally taken a dim view of that kind of tomfoolery.

          I’m pretty sure that Apple aren’t going to risk having to suddenly take all of their devices off the shelves. It’s cheaper to comply.

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        1 year ago

        You can buy third party batteries. The batteries are customized to the phone, but they aren’t exclusively sold by the OEM.