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I’m all for this. I don’t think I’ll use it but I appreciate it will be an option for those who may wish to use it.
So basically we’d like a replaceable, thinner battery; a 3,5 mm jack, and let’s keep it water-resistant/proof. That would be great.
This is great news, but I hope they also take steps to incentivise manufacturers to actually sell the batteries. Sure, you can get them on ebay, but the quality is variable.
Good, the biggest reason I have to buy a new phone is the battery effectively dying. I’ve already decided that when my current phone needs to be charged at least twice a day then I’m buying a phone with replaceable parts, something like Fairphone. From experience my phone has at least 2, maybe even 3, years left so maybe by that time I have a lot more options to choose from.
Batteries used to be considered to be a part that needs to be replaced as part of regular maintenance, because they deteriorate pretty fast compared to the other parts. The fact that anyone ever thought batteries should not be replaceable astonishes me.
The batteries last longer now than the phone is usable with newer versions of the OS.
Apple got caught throttling older phones
If only they’d do the same for the headphone jack and storage slot.
Loss of headphone jacks was the worst change for me. I’ve never had a problem with batteries. My phones have become obsolete due to software updates that brick them or because the hardware can’t get the latest security updates and I don’t want to take the risk. A power button went on one phone (Google Nexus something or other) because LG(?) installed a weak plastic rocker and made it unreplaceable. Absolutely nothing else wrong with it but it was just out of warranty.
