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RIP the removable battery. Apparently the massive consumer demand for phones with low Z-heights has made replaceable batteries an impossibility and that's that.

RIP the removable battery. Apparently the massive consumer demand for phones with low Z-heights has made replaceable batteries an impossibility and that's that. Same story for laptops. It's a only a matter of time before Tesla and other electric car OEMs realize they can force customers to buy new cars by making their batteries irreplaceable. All they need to do is build the batteries into the frame in such a way as to slim the cars profile and consumers will be fine with it. Something like a disposable low-profile Tesla Fiero with a 3-4 year maximum lifespan will quickly become the unavoidable reality car makers have always wanted to impose on the consumer.

bergstromm466 6y ago
> made replaceable batteries an impossibility I was pretty excited to see that the new Fairphone actually has a user replaceable battery
- Vinnl 6y ago
  All previous ones had that too. Additionally, it has a user-replacable screen, camera, and audio module, off the top of my head. Of course, that's also the point of the product.
  - bergstromm466 6y ago
    Yes, thanks for adding that important fact!
    - beenBoutIT 6y ago
      What will it take to get replaceable batteries on mainstream phones designed for US cell networks?
      - bergstromm466 6y ago
        What i know is that today's Corporate/Firm production sends many young kids in Ghana to a cancer-driven death [1], or has them digging in death-trap cobalt mines in Congo [2] - and that it can at times make me feel hopeless, angry and frustrated. Some of the most hopeful strategies i've come across is Sensorica's Open Value Network style Commons-based peer production (as well as projects like Precious Plastic, Open Source Ecology and WikiHouse, etc.), coupled with using a Holochain-pattern Resource Event Agent accounting method, currently being developed by http://valueflo.ws http://valueflo.ws / Holo-REA (from the people at http://mikorizal.org/ http://mikorizal.org/) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mleQVO1Vd1I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mleQVO1Vd1I [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv-hE4Yx0LU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv-hE4Yx0LU
soperj 6y ago
Galaxy s3 has a removable battery, and it's thinner than most phones you get now.

bergstromm466 6y ago

> made replaceable batteries an impossibility I was pretty excited to see that the new Fairphone actually has a user replaceable battery

Vinnl 6y ago
All previous ones had that too. Additionally, it has a user-replacable screen, camera, and audio module, off the top of my head. Of course, that's also the point of the product.
- bergstromm466 6y ago
  Yes, thanks for adding that important fact!
  - beenBoutIT 6y ago
    What will it take to get replaceable batteries on mainstream phones designed for US cell networks?
    - bergstromm466 6y ago
      What i know is that today's Corporate/Firm production sends many young kids in Ghana to a cancer-driven death [1], or has them digging in death-trap cobalt mines in Congo [2] - and that it can at times make me feel hopeless, angry and frustrated. Some of the most hopeful strategies i've come across is Sensorica's Open Value Network style Commons-based peer production (as well as projects like Precious Plastic, Open Source Ecology and WikiHouse, etc.), coupled with using a Holochain-pattern Resource Event Agent accounting method, currently being developed by http://valueflo.ws http://valueflo.ws / Holo-REA (from the people at http://mikorizal.org/ http://mikorizal.org/) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mleQVO1Vd1I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mleQVO1Vd1I [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv-hE4Yx0LU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv-hE4Yx0LU

soperj 6y ago

Galaxy s3 has a removable battery, and it's thinner than most phones you get now.