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Honestly I think this is the real issue: batteries barely last three years and when they start to go things go strange and people blame the phone rather than re
by fluidcruft 5y ago
Honestly I think this is the real issue: batteries barely last three years and when they start to go things go strange and people blame the phone rather than replace the battery. I expect somewhere inside Google they grok that supporting a phone beyond three years becomes the root cause problem being dying batteries.
- MiddleEndian 5y ago>people blame the phone rather than replace the battery. If their phone doesn't have a replaceable battery then blaming the phone is correct.
- Bud 5y agoNo, it's simply not. Not when the battery can actually be replaced for $49. The battery is replaceable.
- post-it 5y agoThe opportunity cost of having to look up a vendor store, go there, and wait an hour+ for them to replace my battery may as well be infinite.
- throwaway946513 5y agoWhich is about the same thing for an iPhone? Apple stores don't magically replace batteries in seconds. On my iPhone 6s, I had both a bad battery, and a defective display - took 7 hours to get my phone back after scheduling an appointment at the Apple Store.
- post-it 5y agoiPhone batteries should be user-replaceable too. Maybe with a pair of screws instead of a clip.
- google234123 5y agoThat’s bullshit. I guess overturning cost for repairing a car is also infinite by that logic.
- post-it 5y agoIt is. I hate getting my car repaired. Now that I work from home, if I didn't already own a car, I very well might not buy one.
- kaba0 5y agoOnce per 3 years?!
- schmorptron 5y agoI wonder how much of this could be extended by phones just auto-limiting charging to 90% (current phones already time charging so when left on overnight it only reaches 100% when you wake up) most of the time, since that seems to increase battery longevity by a lot.