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.

    • sini@lemm.eeEnglish
      712·
      1 year ago

      Apple fanboy here… but they’re probably gonna market the feature with some cool new trendy name and make the battery replacements proprietary.

        • MaShinKotoKai@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          1 year ago

          You mean built by some other manufacturer and marketed to seem like it was built from the ground up from Apple themselves.

        • AttackBunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Screens are now up there for genuine. Oh, and btw Apple very quietly implemented an “alert” when you have an aftermarket screen.

      • Sneezy McGlassface@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        Now i hope it says something about availability of the replacement batteries…

        Due to unexpectedly high demand, the $300 battery you ordered has 5 months waiting list. Payment in advance, of course, for your convenience.

      • Graphine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I mean…battery replacements were ALWAYS proprietary. You can’t pop a Galaxy S4 battery in a GS 5.

        • herrvogel@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          But you can put up a firmware barrier that keeps the phone from booting up, or at least from operating at full advertised capacity, unless it’s an “authentic” battery that’s been officially registered to that particular phone’s serial number, which can only be done via special tools and software that are only available to official Apple repair shops. They’ve done it with cameras and screens and buttons, why not batteries? It’s just another part.

          • Jesus_666@feddit.deEnglish
            7·
            1 year ago

            At that point there’s no way they can argue that the battery is user-serviceable without extra tools. Sure, they could argue that the law doesn’t specify that they can’t sabotage the device if you swap your battery but European courts have traditionally taken a dim view of that kind of tomfoolery.

            I’m pretty sure that Apple aren’t going to risk having to suddenly take all of their devices off the shelves. It’s cheaper to comply.

        • CoderKat@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          You can buy third party batteries. The batteries are customized to the phone, but they aren’t exclusively sold by the OEM.

    • Bobert@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I think they’re already complying. Tri-tip bits are already bought easily and affordably on Amazon. Same with suction cups, picks and tweezers. Literally $30 or less to get all of the above in one nifty carrying case. If you have suction cups then you can break the screen seal without using heat and let’s be honest, hair dryers are perfectly adequate for these repairs. It’s literally what I use for friends and family repairs that I do at home rather than in my workshop.

      I think it’s a step in the right direction but not even remotely strong enough to force change on current cell phones.

    • Nevasuc@feddit.deEnglish
      52·
      1 year ago

      Probably voiding warranty for any phone that has its battery replaced by the user instead of having it done at an apple store/apple vertified store. Or some good old planned obsolescence where the phone detects a replacement battery and just stops working as fast as it used to. Anything to get people to buy the next new iphone every year.

      • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think Apple really want to be caught to do somenthing they are already been condemned for, at least not in EU…