Ya the only reason I get new phones is because the battery gets too weak. I could easily keep the same device for 5+ years if I could swap batteries
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Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
My current device and the two before that all have had removable batteries. I’ve always thought built in batteries are stupid and it’s nice to finally notice that other people agree. Hopefully they next mandate that it has to be able to be taken apart with a screwdriver and spare parts must be able to be purchased straight from the manufacturer.
rab@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You can. It cost $15 every three years to have someone replace the battery for you or you can spend the hour doing it yourself.
rab@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
On a pixel phone?
ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes. $15 and an hour. You can bring in your own battery or pay ~$60 USD for an official one. It’s all very easy.
This law won’t change shit. People are still going to dump their phone every 2 year.
bric@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Hopefully they next mandate that it has to be able to be taken apart with a screwdriver
It does include that, mostly. It says that any tools that aren’t commonly available without proprietary rights or restrictions (i.e. screwdrivers) have to be provided by the manufacturers free of charge
June@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I prefer ip68 to easily accessible battery. I’ll need to change my battery maybe once every 3 years, but I need to know it can handle moisture far more often than that.
Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
You can have both. My Galaxy XCover 6Pro is ip68 rated.
Comment105@lemm.ee 10 months ago
This is why I want replaceable batteries in small EVs like bikes and such, too. And why I have thought for a while that it would be nice to have at least 20% or so of electric car batteries be replacable with a moderately large rack in the “frunk” or trunk. But that’s just me.
__dev@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Most of the ebikes and motor scooters I’ve seen have removable batteries. Gogoro in India even has a battery swapping network for their scooters.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This isn’t a replacement, but I have said for years now that someone needs to market a rentable tow-behind or rooftop battery sort of like U-Hauls for extra capacity needed for longer trips.
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Can be done with screws and rubber seal, no need for glue and glass.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 10 months ago
All it needs is that little rubber band, and you have to handle it carefully when closing the lid.
afunkysongaday@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Passt those Brands are not your friends and might lie about their reasons to make batteries non-removable.
exu@feditown.com 10 months ago
Any moderately well built phone won’t die just because you took it out in the rain.
Coffeemonkepants@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have a handheld marine vhf radio with a removable battery that I can throw in the ocean and it will work and continue to work for days. Don’t believe the bs the manufacturers tell you.