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I agree with you that battery tech is basically getting better by itself. Anecdotally, I bought at least one phone where slightly easier/cheaper repairability
by myrmidon 2y ago
I agree with you that battery tech is basically getting better by itself.
Anecdotally, I bought at least one phone where slightly easier/cheaper repairability of screen + battery would have made me keep the old one.
I think making these metrics clear on product packaging is also becoming more important, because the improvements in phones have slowed down already, and longer lifetimes should be a consequence/benefit (but this is against manufacturer interests).
- ltbarcly3 2y agoProduct packaging? Where do you see the package for a phone? I haven't seen a box for a phone before I bought it before, even in the 90's when I sold phones at RadioShack they were kept under lock and key. In fact every phone I have purchased in the last 15 years or so has been second hand via eBay or direct from Google and shipped. Even at the Apple store you can't see a package.
- myrmidon 2y agoI phrased that poorly, I ment "mandatory labeling" rather than physical package. Screen/battery fixability was a major criteria when selecting my last phone and this was really hard to gauge, I'm hopeful that regulation like this is gonna help.