They mean the ones that are glued in, inside of casings that are glued in? Gee, how nice.
That’s ending relatively soon because of the EU though, so I guess it’s fine.
Mmm, trickle down consumer rights.
Will phones keep the water proof/resistant feature with that change?
I mean, I prefer having it accessible, one thing less to worry about or being anxious lol, and none of my phones have had such protection anyway.
Replaceable batteries and waterproof ratings aren’t mutually exclusive. Never have been. Ports are a bigger barrier, and those have been solved for quite a while. Hell, there are phones that are ip68 rated, with user swappable batteries. The samsung x cover pro is a decent phone overall that does it.
Think about all the watches with replaceable batteries that are waterproof, various cameras, rc submarines, etc.
It will require design changes, but there are already plenty of options to make it happen.
TIL, excellent news indeed, can’t wait for this “new” trend to come for smartphones!
Excellent. I cannot wait to hotswap batteries again. It is so much easier to carry around an extra battery than a battery pack and cable.
How can we make this worse? Hey let’s glue the battery to the digitizer!
They should make the batteries explode when the device is opened that way the user gets third degree burns
My Nexus One says the battery needs to be replaced.
That would be great if we weren’t past the point of phones having unremovable batteries… Too little too fucking late as always, Google.
The EU would like to have a talk with manufacturers about this… Much like USB C for iPhones, removable batteries are in the works again thanks to the EU.
I hope these changes affect the global supply chain, but I’m very skeptical that it’s going to have any repercussions outside of the EU.
These changes tend to be global because it’s cheaper to make the change for everyone than have two different designs and manufacturing (one for EU and other for the rest of the world). And more often than not EU is too big of a market to ignore.
Maintaining multiple SKUs with major differences is quite expensive and time consuming, plus confusing for the customer on a global Internet trying to look things up. I expect that this would make at least some manufacturers ship these to other countries, so we would have some options.
These changes tend to be global because it’s cheaper to make the change for everyone than have two different designs and manufacturing (one for EU and other for the rest of the world). And more often than not EU is too big of a market to ignore.
Well, Samsung is selling phones with shit CPUs to Europe and good ones to USA.
All battery’s can be removed if you try hard enough
Last time I tried to remove one it caught fire. So much glue…
Did you try removing it by stabbing it?
Knife goes in, battery comes out
Some phones, like mine, do have removable batteries. The point of Android is that devices should be varied in design and features rather than interchangeable black mirrors and I think it’s good that Android is still adding features that help facilitate that.
looks at fairphone
shrugs :pJokes aside, this is indeed a huge problem and do hope that eu law gets passed. Its perfectly possible to have a replacable battery and keep a good ip rating…
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It wouldn’t be any different as how iOS has been doing it since a long ago, it shows the battery in maintenance mode and they even say to go to an authorized place to do it lol.
I want all that BS to end already, managing battery life has been more stressful to me that I’d want to admit (yeah, quick charge ain’t the solution).
Quick charge actually damages the battery over time lol. Tbh, if the battery was replacable and you could just buy and replace one, would it still be stressful to get that message?
Looks at non removable battery… Oh.
They said you should, not that you could, the iOS way indeed.
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Surely I know when I want my phone’s battery replaced, because I’m the one using it?
Most people can’t tell how much battery life has been lost to wear and tear just by using the battery.
This is especially true for users of Lineage os. Its hard to know if the reduced battery is related to updates or not.
if I can’t tell that my battery life has been reduced, why do i care? i’m literally oblivious to it
I see this more as a tool for people who notice reduced battery life and want to do something about it. Currently they essentially need to guess if the battery is the issue and get it replaced to find out.
If you notice your battery life shortening, the health check can either confirm that you will see improvement with a new battery, or it will tell you your battery is okay, and reduced life is due to software changes or increased usage.
If you don’t notice an issue, there is no reason to replace the battery.
But if Google now puts a fat “your battery needs to be replaced” notification, those users who didn’t even notice an issue are driven to buy a new phone out of fear their phone will explode.Now that is a good point. The average consumer will see that and think “gollygee I better spend more money.” They don’t have the knowledge needed to protect themselves.
So, use the phone instead.
Seems then if the user can’t tell…
