• Clent@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If the EU has its way we might all get this.

    One can hope.

    People can babble about water proofing, etc. There is no legitimate engineering problem.

    The battery could power the device wirelessly at this point.

    They could even claim they’re saving the environment by not including the battery after a couple release cycles.

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      1 year ago

      Oof i didn’t think of them selling the battery separate possibly with an upcharge. monkeys paw curls

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        1 year ago

        You probably also didn’t think about them no longer making the battery two years after releasing the phone.

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            1 year ago

            Yeah but then you have to wade through a million crappy Chinese products and be thankful when they merely don’t hold a charge (as opposed to exploding).

            I’ve been through this back when batteries were replaceable, decent 3rd-party were not easy to find. Best you could hope for was that the original manufacturer kept making them. Nokia went as far as making one battery model work with multiple phone models.

            Honest question, are phone batteries recycleable? Because if there’s going to be a ton of them being made I have to wonder what’s worst for the environment, replacing phones or replacing batteries.

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              I’m not sure if you’re being serious but replacing a phone is the same as replacing a battery, but worse for both consumer and environment. Of course you’d want to do some research before purchasing the first thing that crosses your path, but both me and my wife have done this before many times with very good results.

        • Vlyn@lemmy.zip
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          1 year ago

          I had that issue with an Otterbox case. Bought it, it was bulky but protected the phone well. After 3 years the rubber tore near the charging port. They offer “lifetime” warranty (5 years). Well, wrote them for a replacement and they simply said nah, they don’t have that case any more for a phone this “old”. So they didn’t honor the warranty and just told me I’m out of luck.

          What the hell do I buy an expensive phone case for when they can’t even honor a 5 year warranty? That was the last Otterbox for me, Spigen was the choice I went with afterwards. Can’t go wrong with a 10 buck phone case, I don’t care if it breaks in a few years.

          When it comes to phones every manufacturer just gives you the finger if it’s 3+ years old it seems.