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

Never used an iphone so a bit out of the loop on what would be negative about it?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Apple's Lightning connector was initially an improvement on microUSB being kinda a not great connector/port. I can't remember if it also ran at a faster data rate than USB2 or if I'm just mixing up my history with FireWire.

    But once USB-C became ubiquitous, Apple's continued insistence on the Lightning connector was more because being different became a social pressure to switch to and remain in the iOS ecosystem, plus they collect royalties on every lightning connector cable/device sold

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    yes, it was running at usb2 speeds which was considered slow in 2014. they intentionally limited it to force people to use iCloud to move data around devices instead of sending pictures over the cable.

    ironically when they moved to the USB c ports with the 15 series. the base 15 was still usb2 speeds under the hood just with a new chip. the pro, plus, and pro max were faster iirc.

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