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

  • filister@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While I do agree that we need more modular phones, laptops, etc. having a replaceable battery would prevent phones to be fully water proof.

    But I do agree with you, I have a 2-year old phone and I already experience the battery degradation. I would most likely use this phone for another year, max two, but then would be pissed by how often I need to charge it and start looking into purchasing a new one.

    Planned obsolescence is definitely a thing that enriches corporations

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      1 year ago

      There are so many ways you can waterproof a phone and have a user replaceable battery and still keep it thin and sleek. But that doesn’t sell a new iPhone to someone every 2 years. It’s why anytime Apple, or any company like them, spouts off about how green they are, I know they’re full of shit. They intentionally cause so much waste it’s insane.

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        1 year ago

        I wish they had some truly modular phones. The phone I am currently using is quite bulky compared to slim model phones and even a lot of Iphones, I don’t care. I don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to swap put almost every component other than the screen, it’s not like the phone frame themselves have really changed much from the original Iphones. Battery, Storage, Processor, RAM, Speaker, Receiver…even the camera. I see no reason why those couldn’t be part of modular systems.

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      1 year ago

      They could just incorporate a gasket + screws. There are a ton of waterproof devices that have replaceable batteries.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think an actual waterproof phone even exists. They’re water resistant.

      My Samsung Galaxy XCover 6Pro has a removable battery (and a headphone jack) and it’s ip68 rated. You wouldn’t be able to tell from the outside that the back cover comes off.

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      1 year ago

      The Galaxy S5 active is evidence that you’re just wrong. Classic removable battery but still IP67.

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      1 year ago

      Waterproof ratings are all nonsense anyways IMO. The way appliances are tested does not take into consideration human error.

      Gotta drop the phone a couple times onto concrete to simulate how morons like me treating it, then check its water resistance.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t really mind that my battery doesn’t work well. It lasts through the day, though I’m perpetually at 40% or less and I don’t use it that much. If it’s really a problem then a battery bank charge mid day totally fixes it.

      However, if I could replace the battery for $50 I would.

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      1 year ago

      The question I’ve been asking, since this whole water resistance thing became a trend, is why do we even need water resistant phones in the first place?

      We survived just fine with flip phones, walkmans, Gameboys, pagers, etc that had no water resistance.

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        1 year ago

        I love water proof phones, it’s a massive reduction in anxiety and means I don’t have to avoid bringing it into the bathroom.

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          1 year ago

          They’re not even waterproof though, just water resistant. But even the weather resistance from a few years back when phones had headphone jacks and replaceable batteries seemed sufficient. Now they’re overkill, being able to handle being dipped in water. I mean it’s fine if they make phones like that, but does everything need that kind of resistance?

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            1 year ago

            My S8 has been dunked in water and sprayed by the shower plenty of times with no issue. It might not be strictly water proof but it’s kind of a semantic difference.

            And nah, not everything needs that kind of resistance, but it’s nice to have

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        1 year ago

        While I manage ok without (but would appreciate the feature) I know several people who have destroyed too many phones by accidentally dropping it into some sort of water to ever want anything but a waterproof one.