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All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027 (www.theolivepress.es)
submitted 6 months ago by [M, B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 50 points 6 months ago (6 children)

This has been a massive no-brainer for quite a while. I think the only iPhone that was pretty close to having this a reality was the iPhone 4, it was really easy to just slide the back open and swap the battery. Not as easy as it could be, but certainly close.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Repairability has never been an Apple thing.

    I've replaced the keyboard on a Macbook, I swear there were 40 screw in that thing, and I'm not exaggerating for effect or anything. About every 2 keys it was screwed to the case from the bottom.

    I've also done an iphone battery a couple times for friends, it's a nightmare, but now pretty much all phones are difficult. I have to do the batteries on my Razr soon and I'm not looking forward to it.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    FWIW they’re definitely improving in that regard, probably because they know legislation like this is coming.

    The iPhone 16 replaced the frustrating glue strips with a special adhesive that unsticks with an electric current, and the MacBook Neo is apparently really easy to get into for simple repairs.

    Still a long way to go, but it’s encouraging.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    This was a thing with Samsung from the beginning all the way to the S7. The rational after that was the waterproof rating but I have a Zebra TC27 at work that's IP rated WITH ad repalcable battery. So it's easy to do, just cost more than not doing it and for Apple it's a revenue stream replacing batteries.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The s5 was also water resistant, same rating as every other water resistant galaxy since. Used to have 2 batteries and a separate battery charger so I could just hot swap. I don't think I ever actually plugged the phone into a charger.

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