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It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won't anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

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[–] Piers@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What they really mean is "very slightly thinner than the previous generation or current rival because we think that's a super marketable thing still even though we've reached the practical limit where it no longer makes sense to go thinner."

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meanwhile the phone can't lie flat on its back because the camera protrudes.

[–] Kaksdee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Solution: add phonecase! Or just have better (and slightly bigger) internals to make backside level...