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European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries
(www.techspot.com)
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A year ago I would have been absolutely for this. I mean I still had a smartphone with swappable battery (LG G4) 2015-2019 and only changed away from it because of the bootloop issues this phone had.
Though last year i switched to the Zenphone 9 and this phone has a phenomenal battery time in my eyes. I only slow charge it to 80% every 2 days and I could use the phone for more than 48h if i wanted. Fully charged i can use it for 3 days. I don't think i will see battery issues for a long time.
I could see that some future phone designs and technologies (like bendable phones) would have it difficult to include swappable batteries. I wonder if those could still use fixed batteries if they offer a free replacement each year or sth like that, instead. The USB-C changes are good for sure though
Oh no you are one of them people. Slow charging isn’t going to preserve your battery health by any substantial amount. Fast charging isn’t going to kill your battery by any substantial amount.
Just use your phone and stop being worried about useless crap like that.
Man, I really wanted to get the Zenphone 9 as an upgrade from my Pixel 4a - love the design, love that it's on the smaller side, love that it has a headphone jack. I still might dive in, but I really wish they would support longer term OS updates :( or at least security updates. Not sure what I'll be doing when my Pixel reaches end of service this year. Maybe the Zenphone 10 will be the phone for me?
batteries never last. 2 years later and it'll be bad.