• TheSaneWriter@vlemmy.net
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    1 year ago

    If this goes through, I think it would be really good news. Battery failure is one of the leading things that force people to replace their smartphones, and having them be replaceable would go a long way towards making smartphones last longer.

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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      1 year ago

      If the manufacturer wants to force you to upgrade they still can… they can stop making the battery that works with your phone model (and notch them to make sure they can’t fit).

      Back in the day there were some manufacturers that made batteries that worked with several of their models, Nokia was one of them, but not all of them did.

      Even Nokia had a deprecation cycle for battery models and when that happened you were stuck buying crappy Chinese copies.

    • Bill Stickers
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      1 year ago

      But they are replaceable in that sense. You can take it back the the manufacturer or to one of those independent phone stores and they’ll swap out a battery for you.

      I don’t think a user swappable battery is actually a feature most users need. Not when smartphones get over a day out of a charge, you can charge at home, work or in a car, and external batteries exist.

      • danielfgom@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        That’s where I have to disagree. Perhaps in your country you have lots of OEM repair stores but where I live we have none. Only 3rd party guys who are totally independent.

        I had a LG V30 in mint condition but the battery was done. No one has that battery and no one is interested in getting it because LG sold so few devices here. You can’t even find cases for most phones, only Samsung phones or iPhone’s.

        So I had to get a new phone.

        This is very common in most of the world, especially the Developing countries.

        • Bill Stickers
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          1 year ago

          I don’t doubt they didn’t have one in stock but I have trouble believing they wouldn’t order one for you or swap it if you brought it in yourself. You can buy one online and have it delivered anywhere in the world in days for $30.

      • Faendol@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        What phone are you using? Both apple and Samsung have made their devices borderline impossible to swap the battery out. They will then charge you an arm and a leg for sometime that used to be an easy swap.