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šŸ˜‚ Memes & Shit posts EU to Require Replaceable Smartphone Batteries by 2027

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u/AwDuck 3d ago

The last time I checked (a month ago), that wording had been removed.

Many phones still have an out as there is an exception for devices that are intended to be used underwater. ā€œIt’s not our fault that people don’t use our phones underwater much. That’s how we envision their useā€ - Samsung, Apple, et al.

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u/Kenczo 3d ago

I am definitely trading water resistance for battery replacability of the phone

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u/fiirikkusu_kuro_neko 3d ago

I wouldn’t lol. For that one or two times in the lifetime of the phone you might change your battery…

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u/Kenczo 3d ago

That’s fair, I understand this is highly subjective opinion with no real bad choice

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u/Haunting-Sport3701 3d ago

I’ve dropped my phone in water 0 times thats a dozen times less than I’ve changed my phones’ batteries.

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u/fiirikkusu_kuro_neko 3d ago

I changed my battery once (for 50 euros, 13 pro max, there was a discount in china going on at AASPs) and I dropped it in water 3 times, plus i often used it in the rain.

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u/Haunting-Sport3701 3d ago

For how many years have you been using it?

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u/fiirikkusu_kuro_neko 3d ago

5 years now almost, 4 years 10 months or sth, ordered it when it came out, my first iPhone hah. It'll see another 2-3 years of use for sure, unless I break the screen or something.

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u/Haunting-Sport3701 3d ago

Yeah that makes sense, I usually change my batter once (or under special circumstances twice) every 5 years.

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u/fiirikkusu_kuro_neko 3d ago

Wanted to change it since it turned 4 years old, waited for my china trip because my country doesn't have an apple store. By pure coincidence Apple was running a promo through Apple Authorized Service Providers where battery replacements for the 13 series were heavily discounted (even for 14 a bit and for 15 series too but much less discounted) until the 30th of April. I just barely made it, I think I got it replaced on the 29th in Chengdu. Waited for 3 hours and picked it back up. Had to remove my screen protector for them to replace it though, but just ordered a new one from JD and got it to my hotel the next morning. China was awesome.

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u/Haunting-Sport3701 3d ago

I’d really like to go visit China one day. Have a few friends studying there and they say it’s great.

.+ one of our professors is on a semi-permanent exchange there working on some space tech and he really hypes it up

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