L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAll smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EUmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1375arrow-down1external-linkAll smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EUmashable.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square179fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewigit@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoNo doubt an unpopular opinion, but I’d rather keep the IP rating than be able to swap my own battery without the phone becoming a literal brick. I doubt this is a scenario where we can have both.
minus-squareshitescalates@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou can absolutely have both. In fact the galaxy S5 had both a swappable battery and IP67. Tons of devices do. Glued construction was always about reducing manufacturing costs, not about an IP rating.
No doubt an unpopular opinion, but I’d rather keep the IP rating than be able to swap my own battery without the phone becoming a literal brick.
I doubt this is a scenario where we can have both.
You can absolutely have both. In fact the galaxy S5 had both a swappable battery and IP67. Tons of devices do. Glued construction was always about reducing manufacturing costs, not about an IP rating.