jramskovThe EU will require replaceable batteries from 2027
LazaroFilmThe EU is really taking a stand against Apple. Between that and the opening to alternative stores it’s a lot of things that put apple in a weird situation. Either it applies those changes to all devices or it has to create a separate device to comply to EU and risk complains that those QOL are not available in other places.
Unless they make the EU device more ugly, so EU users will complain in hopes this will force the EU to revert its decision. If all companies did this it might be a powerful move.
Don’t be silly. You almost make it sound like the EU is a big evil monster. I honestly don’t see a push to make batteries easier to replace a bad thing. I also don’t think it would be hard for Apple to design their products with that feature in mind. Well, perhaps the AirPods, but certainly not the iPhone and if anyone have the skills to do it and the money too…I’d say it’s Apple. Apple of course don’t like to be restricted, they want to keep tight control over everything.
Please show me how you can make an iPhone at the exact thinness that also has an easy-swappable battery. You make it sound like this is something Apple can do but refuses to do.
You’re requesting something impossible for me, making it irrelevant. I also don’t make any claims about thinness. I’m just saying I think Apple with all their amazing engineers would be able to solve it.
I don’t know whether this requirement is generally relevant for most users, it might not be, but I think we should strive for devices that are as easy as possible to repair to give them a longer life. An iPhone have immensely capable hardware these days - the other bit is of course software support.
“Engineers can do anything!”
No, they’re limited by physics and size constraints. I’d also like a phone that is easily repairable by me, but there’s a trade off.
That’s not what I’m saying. Clearly there will be a trade off. I’d be highly surprised if the Apple engineers haven’t spent many, many hours exploring every little detail about their iPhone designs. If Apple and everyone else is forced to design their devices to have easily replaceable batteries, then I’m sure Apple will be able to make a pretty good solution for it because they are amazing at what they do.