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It could be a $10 operation you could do while walking, as on many older phones. But marketing studies indicate people initially like the look and feel of glued
by LeifCarrotson 9y ago
It could be a $10 operation you could do while walking, as on many older phones. But marketing studies indicate people initially like the look and feel of glued-up phones, and shortsighted capitalism is winning out in part because consumers have little choice and they are uninformed about the long-term consequences, like iOS throttling based on battery health.
- mikeash 9y agoI doubt it could be that cheap. The naked replacement battery costs more than that when purchased from a third party. I don't see why this is shortsighted. It doesn't make sense to me to optimize for something you might do once every two years. Let's be realistic: even if iPhones had batteries like you describe, 99% of owners still would not replace them this quickly, and still would suffer from mysterious performance degradation as the electronics throttled to avoid overstressing the old batteries. The long term consequences are the same either way. The only difference is that it costs a bit more and takes a bit longer to replace the battery.