- cross-posted to:
- android@lemdro.id
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- android@lemdro.id
- technology@beehaw.org
Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.
Chances are most companies aren’t going to make two separate production lines with and without a removable battery. The cost likely outweighs the profit i’d wager. Much like how we see apple finally begrudgingly moving to USB-C despite no NA law requiring them to do so.
Why not? Many companies already have US exclusive SKUs. Some companies like Samsung even have a history of shipping completely different SOCs.
A different chip is a different scenario. We’re talking about how the entire design, case etc has to accommodate for a removable battery.
Different SOC means different motherboard, different antenna layout, different everything. It’s no different from making battery removable.
I hope so too. But if somehow the cost to manufacture phones with removable batteries is higher then I doubt they’d switch the existing production line to removable battery. I hope I’m wrong, to be honest.
This is what happens in the US when California passes a big consumer friendly law. The companies just adapt to whatever California said because it’s too expensive to have California versions and non-California versions. California’s population is high and their economy is big. Double plus if NY is in on it.
The cost isn’t that much higher. The profit they get from people buying new phone when battery dies, however, is completely different story
There’s just going to be more plastic phones.