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-square35fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down10cross-posted to: android@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up141arrow-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-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmy.world
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.
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.