I hope you’re right. I 100% respect your right to want a phone with a replaceable battery; but I equally absolutely want the slimmest phone possible and really really don’t want the compromises that a user-replaceable battery calls for.
Both are valid choices, and that clause would seem a good way of ensuring both are provided for.
Just fyi the law doesn’t make the batteries replaceable like on old phones, where you had to pop the entire back off, but just reasonably replaceable, meaning an end user with normalish tools (they don’t specify which afaik) should be able to open it. I imagine we will see thin designs like the iPhone Air where all the non-replaceable parts are in a plateau and the battery is easily reachable with a bunch of screws and maybe some prying. At least that’s what I hope for.
You think treating batteries as disposable is great for the environment?
My phones don’t become ewaste, they get passed on to new owners when I replace my phone, or at worst returned to the manufacturer for tradein/recycling. I do hope you are as diligent at recycling batteries up there on your high horse.
I hope you’re right. I 100% respect your right to want a phone with a replaceable battery; but I equally absolutely want the slimmest phone possible and really really don’t want the compromises that a user-replaceable battery calls for.
Both are valid choices, and that clause would seem a good way of ensuring both are provided for.
Just fyi the law doesn’t make the batteries replaceable like on old phones, where you had to pop the entire back off, but just reasonably replaceable, meaning an end user with normalish tools (they don’t specify which afaik) should be able to open it. I imagine we will see thin designs like the iPhone Air where all the non-replaceable parts are in a plateau and the battery is easily reachable with a bunch of screws and maybe some prying. At least that’s what I hope for.
Creating tons of ewaste is not a valid choice
You think treating batteries as disposable is great for the environment?
My phones don’t become ewaste, they get passed on to new owners when I replace my phone, or at worst returned to the manufacturer for tradein/recycling. I do hope you are as diligent at recycling batteries up there on your high horse.