Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

  • Zeron@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Chances are most companies aren’t going to make two separate production lines with and without a removable battery. The cost likely outweighs the profit i’d wager. Much like how we see apple finally begrudgingly moving to USB-C despite no NA law requiring them to do so.

      • SeatBeeSate@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        A different chip is a different scenario. We’re talking about how the entire design, case etc has to accommodate for a removable battery.

      • littlecolt@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        This is what happens in the US when California passes a big consumer friendly law. The companies just adapt to whatever California said because it’s too expensive to have California versions and non-California versions. California’s population is high and their economy is big. Double plus if NY is in on it.

      • Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 year ago

        The cost isn’t that much higher. The profit they get from people buying new phone when battery dies, however, is completely different story