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

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

    • Sharkwellington@lemmy.oneEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • Stuka@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        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.

        • not_that_guy05@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          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.

          • aidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            32·
            1 year 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.