Comment on How do you think smartphone manufacturers will comply with EU's replaceable battery regulation?

halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t know why waterproofing phones became de facto standard. How often will that waterproofing actually come to use?

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  • nicerdicer@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is because waterproof devices will be exempt from having to have replaceable batteries.

    Some manufacturers are already eyeing an exemption for batteries used in “wet conditions” to opt out electric toothbrushes and possibly wearables like earbuds and smartwatches. The exemption is “based on unfounded safety claims,” states Thomas Opsomer, policy engineer for iFixit, in RepairEU’s post.

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  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Rain is quite common. Most clothing isn’t waterproof.

    Or you could ne making a call after a rainy day then drop it in a puddle.

    Or your drinks spilled over

    etc… etc…

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    • lukstru@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s a difference between waterproof and rainproof. The Fairphone (just has a clip on back panel for easy access to the battery) is rain proof

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  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Having worked in retail phone repair for 15 years, both for a major US carrier and privately… A lot.

    I saw water damaged phones every single day, and I’m hundreds of miles from an ocean, sea, lake, or any major body of water. That’s just from mistakes near things like backyard pools.

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• IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They’ll make them replaceable and ignore waterproofing them for 99% of models citing the added difficulty in making a good seal without being able to glue it shut. Which is arguably true.

  Take a look at Samsung Galaxy XCover 6 Pro

  it’s still in production and being sold lol

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  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s a ruggedized phone, most people don’t want a phone that’s twice as thick and doesn’t provide anywhere near twice the battery.

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  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I never said it was impossible. I said it was harder to both make them replaceable and water resistant. And they won’t bother to do both for 99% of models, they’ll just drop the water resistance to comply with replaceable battery requirements. There might be a few that they bother and then sell at inflated prices.

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