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Where are the phones with extendable antennas for better reception in areas with bad coverage? Government should step in and mandate that. The demand simply is
by martin8412 3y ago
Where are the phones with extendable antennas for better reception in areas with bad coverage? Government should step in and mandate that.
The demand simply isn't there for replaceable batteries. I know there's a loud minority on HN and other tech focused sites, but it's simply not something most people care about. How well did extra batteries sell when they were common?
- danielbln 3y agoI think you mistake this for "everyone should have 2 batteries in their backpack and be able to flip them out on the fly", when in fact it is "manufacturers shouldn't be glueing in batteries in so that they can be replaced reasonably easily as the battery degrades, so that the lifespan of a phone can be increased". Considering how phones have pleateaued, I bet you'd get a lot more buy in if you frame it like that. This is about avoiding electronic waste, not being able to plop out a battery every day. People may not care about that, but some people don't care about pollution in general.
- jowea 3y agoI suspect the EU is trying to "enforce demand" for a few reasons. Individually I feel people have a bias towards checking the features and price of the phone they are buying right now and not so much resale value or if it will last 4+ years. But the EU thinks society will benefit from less electronic waste and more durable devices. Or at least EUropean society, which AFAIK leans towards importing smartphones rather than making or design them. And this is far from the first time governments enforce features on products that the market doesn't seem to be demanding. But is the EU thinking of something about enforcing longer software updates timelines? I suspect this law won't be so effective without it.
- Natuerich 3y ago[dead]