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Google reducing the capacity of the Pixel 6a battery after 400 cycles (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by tfm to c/Anticonsumption

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32830326

I wonder if there is something subpar about whoever Google is getting the batteries from for the A series phones.

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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tl;dr: the purpose is to reduce fire risk from aging poor quality batteries, but if Google had used good quality batteries to begin with this wouldn't be an issue

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[–] tfm 9 points 1 year ago

And replaceable ones

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