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It means more battery e-waste, but if it enables longer phone lifespan mightn't it lead to less total e-waste?
by terribleperson 4y ago
It means more battery e-waste, but if it enables longer phone lifespan mightn't it lead to less total e-waste?
- tosc 4y agoIt will lead to shorter phone lifespans. In addition to extra waste with every battery, and smaller batteries that have a shorter usefully life, replaceable batteries mean a weaker phone that is more prone to breakage.
- olliej 4y agoYou get a weaker phone chassis, a less robust device (think IP water ratings), etc. What kills phones these days is not the battery or screen dying, it's the phone ceasing to get software updates. If you want to reduce e-waste, you should have legislation that requires manufacturers to provide full software support for say 5 years of major OS updates, and another 2-5 years of security updates after that.
- yazzku 4y agoHah, good point. But what kills phones are people buying a new one every year. I think software updates come in second.
- olliej 4y agoHN skews the discussion - the vast majority of people are not buying a new phone a year, nor even every two. Moreover even when people do replace a phone they tend to pass on the old one, not just throw it in the trash, but again, that's only possible if the phone is still usable.