The status quo is that almost every phone already has an easily replaceable battery. Replacing them isn’t really going to get any easier with this - phones aren’t going back to removable back covers because of this. At best it means all the screws in the phone will be phillips head, and there will be better pull tabs securing the batteries in place, because batteries already aren’t hard to replace.
They’re hard enough to replace that last time I tried, it started inflating itself not long after. And they’re hard enough to replace that it costs over half the price of a used phone to get it professionally replaced.
Depends on the phone really. iPhones are super cheap to get a brand new battery installed by apple themselves. It’s not even worth replacing a battery in an iPhone yourself unless it’s one that apple won’t do, but if it’s one they won’t do it’s like nearly 10 years old I believe.
The older the phone is the harder it likely is to replace the battery. These days phones are designed with the battery easily accessible because it makes manufacturing and repairing easier.
Yep. By the time my battery has dropped significantly I’ve long since moved on to a new phone.
And do you think that’s a good argument for letting the status quo continue?
I didn’t say it was.
The status quo is that almost every phone already has an easily replaceable battery. Replacing them isn’t really going to get any easier with this - phones aren’t going back to removable back covers because of this. At best it means all the screws in the phone will be phillips head, and there will be better pull tabs securing the batteries in place, because batteries already aren’t hard to replace.
They’re hard enough to replace that last time I tried, it started inflating itself not long after. And they’re hard enough to replace that it costs over half the price of a used phone to get it professionally replaced.
Depends on the phone really. iPhones are super cheap to get a brand new battery installed by apple themselves. It’s not even worth replacing a battery in an iPhone yourself unless it’s one that apple won’t do, but if it’s one they won’t do it’s like nearly 10 years old I believe.
The older the phone is the harder it likely is to replace the battery. These days phones are designed with the battery easily accessible because it makes manufacturing and repairing easier.