I miss replaceable batteries.
EU forcing manufacturers to all have removable batteries again by 2027.
Nothing like "upgrading" your phone's life back in the day by buying a bigger battery replacement
Fairphone, Gigaset
Samsung Galaxy XCover 6 Pro
Soon™
If only batteries where still that easy to replace. I'd never buy a new phone again.
I swirched to fairphone almost exclusively because their phone has an easily swappable battery (it's very modular and easily repairable on top of that)
But if I'm not mistaken then there are new EU regulations coming that demand all batteries be replaceable, so hopefully this won't be an issue for much longer
The first thing I did with my Fairphone was to root it, and tweak the internal BMS/charge controller settings via a terminal. My ~4 year old device battery pretty much still runs like new, still get 2 days of standby.
From what I read on the FP forums though, users running stock tend to swap out their batteries every 1-2 years, like I had to on my old Galaxy S5. Most manufacturers' default battery charge profiles target the longest runtime, causing batteries to really degrade quickly.
For consumers that upgrade every 1-2y they won't notice this issue, but for those of us who want their phone to last longer than that, we notice this really quickly... in these cases having a swappable battery is a must
On the topic of modularity, I had my FP's vibration motor die on me, that was a very easy fix of literally opening up the device, swapping the module, and done. Absolutely love it!
2027, iirc
Yesss Fairphone is pretty awesome and still powerful :)
IME the battery isn't the issue, especially if you get a phone with a big battery to begin with.
It's the lack of updates that's the issue which means you can no longer use certain critical apps (banking, government, etc.) on your phone.
The phone becomes obsolete before the battery ever dies.
It's why I haven't bought one since 2016.
With many phones its still somewhat easy, but you need to take the risk of e.g. breaking the back-cover (specially when its made of acryl or glass).
You could easily spend a half hour getting it replaced for the battery+ $10 in labor if you actually cared and weren't trying to score internet points.
But people here will bitch like it's impossible to have a guy look at your phone for a half hour.
So idk where your get your stuff serviced, but, where I am in the US it will cost at least 100 dollars to replace this part. If the glass back breaks in the process, a lot more. Phone companies have shown we can manufacturer phones with same quality, same features, same durability, and still have a serviceable battery. We can screw instead of glue the thing together.
Paying someone 10 dollars isn't bad, but, thats typically not the case. As I mentioned about the glass backs they can break easily no matter how good you are.
At least the phone still works after one drop.
Just like my 🎤
Oh God My rotten brain
My old phone explodes into three parts when it falls down: Cover, battery and SIM card. You know what? I’ve thrown that shitty old thing dozens if not hundreds of times on the floor and it still works. Unlike your precious $3000 smart phones that can’t handle a single face plant.
IF YOUR DEVICE IS HAND-HELD BUT CAN’T WITHSTAND A FALL FROM HAND HEIGHT, IT’S BROKEN BY DESIGN
What phone costs $3k?
probably just a hyperbole
galaxy fold 9 or iphone 26 with Storage speced out might be in that price range lol there are some flagships that are in the 2k segment so buy a smartwatch and some headphone and viola~ you spend 3k on a phone and some accessories
Apple mfs when their battery has a bad day and they can FINALLY buy their third iphone in two months:
:D
I will be glad if I have removable batteries in my phone.
Samsung Galaxy XCover 6 Pro. XCover 6, for short...XCover 7 is released internationally, may or may not hit US. Haven't looked it up for a while. It better fucking come to the US. 😡
$1K+ smartphones & folding smartphones are bullshit.
Fairphone moment
Can't reproduce. My FairPhone is an indestructible tank.
You guys Europeans? I've heard we can't get Fairphone 5 in the US, and also, I've heard bad things about the battery. You guys happy with your Fairphones? I'm just feeling out my options.
you mean the good old days when phone producers still had a bit of respect for what they were doing?
They really should have built those batteries with screws that can still be easy to replace, but won't fly out as easily
And for some reason the phone is still intact .
Oh no. This brought to the surface a memory I had been repressing. I was in college, one of the early classes with the tiered row seating and like 150 students. I was running late when I stepped into the classroom, gave a polite wave to the Professor, and headed to one of the front rows to show good faith. Halfway down this room my damn phone, which I had always had on vibrate, decided it would take a call and let me, and everyone else in the room, know. I was only reminded because I almost dropped it as I scrambled wildly to silence the sounds it was making.
So yeah, thanks for that. Reliving some of the shame and embarrassment now.
Maybe don't drop your phone
"maybe just don't have accidents"
-lowleveldata, 2024, solved all traffic accidents forever
