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In fact, the lack of replaceable batteries is now becoming a consumer safety issue. Every city has a bomb squad who can isolate and destroy potentially explosiv
by memracom 10y ago
In fact, the lack of replaceable batteries is now becoming a consumer safety issue. Every city has a bomb squad who can isolate and destroy potentially explosive materials. This type of issue can be sorted out much more quickly, and much more safely, by having people turn in flawed lithium batteries to the local bomb squad.
Further, if the batteries were standard sizes then there would likely be replacement batteries readily available with a lower mAh rating that would work just fine, although with a lower lifetime.
In addition, if the batteries were standard sizes and replaceable, we could have a deposit on batteries of a few dollars. If you no longer need it, either turn it or hand it to the next street beggar that you see. Problem solved safely and quickly.
- comboy 10y agoI'm all for replaceable batteries, but in practice I think they create more safety issues. Many users with old phones will choose the cheapest replacement available, and quality of it will likely be worse than of those shipped with branded phones.
- delecti 10y agoJust look at any grocery store checkout aisle or pharmacy, and see dozens of standardized battery sizes, from AA to 9-volt, or literally dozens of sizes of button cell batteries. If they were standardized, then rather than going to Amazon for the cheapest Chinese knockoff that mentions your phone, you'd go to the local Best Buy or whatever.
- rtkwe 10y agoUnlikely to happen. It's one of the few places that phones can differentiate themselves so manufacturers are unlikely to want to lose that option to tinker with.
- nomoch 10y agoGiven it's a clear safety issue they shouldn't be able to differentiate on that anymore than on the arsenic content in breakfast cereals.
- djrogers 10y agoI don't think you can claim that non-replaceable batteries are a clear safety issue, especially when the replacement market would be flooded with cheap junk hand grenades.
- dakotasmith 10y agoNo need for arsenic, sugar content in cereal is an unregulated public safety issue http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/sugar-rush-why-we-cant-trust-cereal-companies-to-self-regulate/258845/ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/sugar-rush...
- hackuser 10y agoI'd appreciate it if someone with expertise can comment on why the market shifted to non-replaceable batteries. I know the suspicion that it's for planned obsolescence, but does someone really know? My impression is that replaceable batteries limit the shapes, materials and engineering that can be used, reducing capacity while increasing weight and size. For example a replaceable battery must be safely handled by end users, shaped and placed so it can be easily removed, and its connection is limited to something quickly and easily utilized.
- baddox 10y agoThat's my impression too. I suspect it's mostly a matter of size and weight of the resulting phone.
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- desireco42 10y agoThis is one of the most rational arguments for replaceable batteries. Thank you for clearly explaining it. It might happen that China realises this first and legislates, same like they did with chargers.