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
    9·
    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.

  • PumpkinEnglish
    4·
    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
    2·
    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.

  • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    So basically we’d like a replaceable, thinner battery; a 3,5 mm jack, and let’s keep it water-resistant/proof. That would be great.

  • JICMan@kbin.social
    2·
    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.

    • Lurifax@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      Remember that LG phone where you could slide the entire bottom off and it had a battery in it like a hdd cage. That would be totally doable.

    • fejOPEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      Why would a replaceable battery require a thicker phone?

      • qtj@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        It makes it more difficult to design really thin phones because the battery needs a sturdier case and an additional connector to be easily replaceable. Generally making a phone smaller and thinner makes components less accessible. Personally I think it is more important that high quality batteries are available for a long time. In my opinion it would be fine if some tools were required to replace the battery. Ideally that only needs to be done once every 2-3 years so if it takes a bit longer it isn’t such a big deal as when there aren’t good batteries available.

      • LogischesWindows@feddit.de
        12·
        2 years ago

        I knew someone was gonna say that but of course I want it to be thin when I have it in my pocket the whole day. I have a case on my phone that makes it thicker and you can already kinda see it through my pants which doesn’t really look good