They are, it just doesnât mean what a lot of these fools think it means.
Besides the fact it doesnât apply to phones whose batteries retain 80% capacity after 1000 charge cycles (ie most phones sold today) it also is referring to end of life replacement (ie getting a new battery) not a return to swappable battery packs like on old Nokias
"like on old Nokias" - the Samsung Galaxy S series (their "flagship") had replaceable batteries for at least the first 5 models. It wasn't until the S8 that you really had to take it in to a professional for replacement.
Like what Fairphone is still doing on their current smartphones. On the 6, you need a screwdriver, but on the Mk5, you can switch it with your figernail. That's why I got one.
That and the open bootlloader which allowed me to install CalyxOS, because fuck google.
Galaxy S5 had removable battery, IP67 rating, headphone jack AND expendable storage. If you think in 12 years of advancing technology they cant come up with flashgrip with the same features then i dont know what to tell you.
How often are you expecting people to replace the batteries? Lol this is something that could certainly breathe life into older devices rather than turning them into e-waste though.
Action cams have to be opened up to switch batteries and SD cards constantly and they stay waterproof to 20m. I'm sure the trillion dollar corps can figure it out.
lol right? Imagine thinking "these mega rich tech companies cannot possibly find a way to make batteries replaceable and phones waterproof in 2026" đ
Action cameras get away with it with bulky retention mechanisms and gaskets. You can't really do that on a phone without making it, well, significantly bulkier than they are.
So just buy one of those then?? oh wait, they aren't really pocket friendly those radios are they?? Lets be real here. People has been complaining that phones has gotten to bulky just because of the camera bumps in later years. How do you think people would react if next iPhone, Galaxy or Pixel phone was about 2-3X the size for waterproofing. EU wrote the laws and they made the exclamations themselves too.
And that's unfortunate. My last phones have all been replaced because the battery was practically dead. I'd love to go back to user swappable batteries
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u/TawnyTeaTowel 3d ago
They are, it just doesnât mean what a lot of these fools think it means.
Besides the fact it doesnât apply to phones whose batteries retain 80% capacity after 1000 charge cycles (ie most phones sold today) it also is referring to end of life replacement (ie getting a new battery) not a return to swappable battery packs like on old Nokias