ono@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago[EU] It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027www.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-link[EU] It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027www.androidauthority.comono@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squaremisguidedfunk@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoApple will be as petty with this as they were with the usb c ruling. I guarantee it.
minus-squareNightAuthor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoImagine they just invent a battery less phone to spite the ruling, but then that’d be one less consumable component.
minus-squareCreativeTensors@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoMy guess would be DRM locked batteries with jacked up pricing and a lifespan counter that disables the battery after a set period of time regardless of whether or not it still has life left in it, basically the printer ink model.
Apple will be as petty with this as they were with the usb c ruling. I guarantee it.
Imagine they just invent a battery less phone to spite the ruling, but then that’d be one less consumable component.
My guess would be DRM locked batteries with jacked up pricing and a lifespan counter that disables the battery after a set period of time regardless of whether or not it still has life left in it, basically the printer ink model.