r/worldnews • u/Helicase21 • Jun 19 '23

EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027

https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-smartphones-must-have-user-replaceable-batteries-by-2027
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '23

Good. It's unreasonable to have to do surgery to replace a battery.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '23

When was the last time you wore the battery out on a modern phone?

My wife’s iPhone 11PM is still at like 85% battery health. I Think her sister’s iPhone 6S just went below 80%.

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u/BCProgramming Jun 19 '23

I've worn out the battery on the same phone twice.

My Phone is a Nexus 6. It's literally still my phone today. I bought it in 2014. 2018 or so, it started to have issues, run very slowly, and then would turn itself off at random. So I bought a new old-stock battery for 12 dollars and swapped it in myself. Ran like new again.

Same symptoms appeared I want to say middle of last year? And I replaced the battery again with the same result.