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.

    • witx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      2 years ago

      That’s an overstatement. It takes a lot of work for some phones and you risk damaging it. Not everyone is able to do it even with the right tools. We need to have a solution so that anyone can do it

      • CarnivorousCouch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        I literally bought an iFixIt kit to open my phone up (for a screen replace rather than a battery swap, but still) and could not get it open after an hour+ of trying. I’d definitely believe it’s because I’m inexperienced in modern phone repair, but I’m not a generally unsavvy person. I build computers and mess around with tech as a hobbyist. I had to take it to a shop and return the kit. It’s definitely not an easy process for some devices.

    • ram@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      2 years ago

      You can do that now with a heat gun and some very basic tools.

      A heat gun is a specialized tool. That’s the problem.

    • squidzorz@lemmy.mlEnglish
      11·
      2 years ago

      People are gonna hate on this comment but it’s true. I can replace the battery in my iPhone in an hour if I want to, even if it’s not as easy as it used to be with removable plastic covers on the back of phones.