Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That's far from the case today...
  • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Good, the biggest reason I have to buy a new phone is the battery effectively dying. I’ve already decided that when my current phone needs to be charged at least twice a day then I’m buying a phone with replaceable parts, something like Fairphone. From experience my phone has at least 2, maybe even 3, years left so maybe by that time I have a lot more options to choose from.

    • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 years ago

      Loss of headphone jacks was the worst change for me. I’ve never had a problem with batteries. My phones have become obsolete due to software updates that brick them or because the hardware can’t get the latest security updates and I don’t want to take the risk. A power button went on one phone (Google Nexus something or other) because LG(?) installed a weak plastic rocker and made it unreplaceable. Absolutely nothing else wrong with it but it was just out of warranty.

  • JICMan@kbin.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’d love to see it this would actually give some phones a longer lifespan. Especially for people like me that “charge” their phone 24/7 because of USB-Tethering.

  • Pumpkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    It’s always been absolutely crazy to me that a normally easy to replace part that has a known short lifespan would be moved deep in the bowels of the phone where you can’t get to it.

  • CaptainJanegay@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    This is great news, but I hope they also take steps to incentivise manufacturers to actually sell the batteries. Sure, you can get them on ebay, but the quality is variable.