Blaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 11 hours agoThere is even more to the Google Pixel 4a's horrific battery update than we thoughtwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down12
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkThere is even more to the Google Pixel 4a's horrific battery update than we thoughtwww.androidauthority.comBlaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaresorghumlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoBecause batteries aren’t easily replaceable by the user.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 hours agoThey’ve not even said what’s wrong with the batteries though (have they?)
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoAs much as I’d like to be able to swap batteries, that’s irrelevant to this issue. Even when the battery is replaced the issue persists because it’s a software issue.
minus-squaresorghumlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoMy point is that it empowers phone manufacturers to put us on this 2 year cycle and then further cripple phones beyond that scope
Because batteries aren’t easily replaceable by the user.
They’ve not even said what’s wrong with the batteries though (have they?)
As much as I’d like to be able to swap batteries, that’s irrelevant to this issue. Even when the battery is replaced the issue persists because it’s a software issue.
My point is that it empowers phone manufacturers to put us on this 2 year cycle and then further cripple phones beyond that scope