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It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com)

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

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[-] sneezy@lemm.ee 163 points 1 year ago

Remember that consumers expect certain things from smartphones nowadays, which will mean that OEMs can’t just go back to the old way of doing things. An IP68 rating would be very difficult to obtain while still offering a premium-feeling device with an easily replaceable battery, for example. These are hurdles OEMs will need to get over to be in compliance.

this is straight-up BS. there were many phones with ip68 and user-replacable batteries back when sealing the battery in a phone was frowned upon. not all but many.

[-] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 80 points 1 year ago

The term "premium-feeling" does a lot of heavy lifting in that paragraph, one might almost say that it's a bit subjective.

[-] Dirk_Darkly@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago

It's true though. I've become very accustomed to the premium experience of being forced to use premium apps and services that don't work half the time in a very premium manner.

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

I think it would be pretty premium if I could have a spare battery on the charger for a quick swap rather than relying on a cable to charge my phone.

[-] straF@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Move over 2010. Who uses a cable?

[-] sumofchemicals@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I do? And most people I know?

[-] Piers@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What they really mean is "very slightly thinner than the previous generation or current rival because we think that's a super marketable thing still even though we've reached the practical limit where it no longer makes sense to go thinner."

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile the phone can't lie flat on its back because the camera protrudes.

[-] Kaksdee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Solution: add phonecase! Or just have better (and slightly bigger) internals to make backside level...

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