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Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That's far from the case today...

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm all in for replaceable batteries. But don't think swappable batteries are possible with modern devices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a question how "modern" you need your device to be as well. Despite being a small company, Fairphone is capable of producing fully repairable devices that are working great by my standards at least.

It's another thing engineers need to think about when designing phones, but most advances the last few years have been in terms of pointless gimmicks anyway. If they can produce phones with foldable screens, chances are they could manage replaceable batteries as well if only they wanted to.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fairphone is awsome but it also has 4000mAh battery for a fairly heavy device. Nowdays Android phones come with 5000mAh batteries and 50W+ charging.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd be happy with 2 batteries and external charger, no need to charge fast and dirty.