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Leaked Documents Suggest Apple Could Be Forced to Build iPhones With User-Removable Batteries in Europe

thejadedmonkey said:
Fantastic. This would be a great help with making sure that phones are able to be used longer, and in turn reducing e-waste.
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I have another suggestion for someone like you—don’t buy an iPhone. Recycle! Tie two cans together with a piece of string, and make sure the string is lone enough to reach your loved ones. No ewaste at all!

Just make sure that the cans aren’t sharp or you might cut yourself in your safe space.
 
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Seriously? Why can't we let people decide what they want for themselves? We do that when we buy products. There were/are phones that have removable batteries. No one buys them because they don't like the trade off. Effectively, the government is saying that the opinion of a few people (who want a removable battery) is more important than people's freedom to make choices with their own money.
 
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Hope it happens on their laptops too. It's ridiculous that they are glued in.
 
spoonie1972 said:
How is this a bad thing?
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I don’t like your clothes. Or how you decorate your house. Or what car you drive, or what gas you put in it, or how you control the money you earn from work. I work for a giant beauracracy and just signed an order that commands you immediately to buy new outfits, go to Ikea, trade in your car for a rickshaw and feel good about the environmental impact all of this will have. Don’t worry—doing it to everyone else, too, until you do what I believe “is right.”

That’s what’s wrong, buddy.
 
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Why does Apple have an R&D department? Just let the EU design everything.
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They need to do the same for the Macbook. Also, while they're operating on the patient, throw in user-replaceable RAM and storage/SSDs too, close it up and be done with it.
 
So if you're a company who wants to make a closed device or a user who wants a closed device you're outta luck because some politicians "know" what's better for you?

If you want a removable battery don't get an iPhone. What's so difficult about that?
 
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spoonie1972 said:
How is this a bad thing?
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Higher prices for consumers, uglier bulky designs, no more unibody phones, likely moving back to plastic instead of aluminum, etc. All for something that’s completely useless. Nobody is forcing you to buy an iPhone. Buy something else if you want a user replaceable battery.
 
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falkon-engine said:
They need to do the same for the Macbook. Also, while they're operating on the patient, throw in user-replaceable RAM and storage/SSDs too, close it up and be done with it.
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So.... a Lenovo, or Dell, or Acer, or countless other options.

Go buy one of those.
 
The battery is already fairly easy to replace. They should just make Apple offer proper spare parts to everyone (like is being done in the US with the right to repair). And stop manufacturers using glue, like Samsung. iPhones are among the easier phones to service right now except for the parts issue. Especially with safety-critical parts like batteries I hate using cheap Chinese knockoffs.
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Spungoflex said:
So.... a Lenovo, or Dell, or Acer, or countless other options.

Go buy one of those.
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Easy to say but those don't run macOS.
 
Pretty sure the EU has more important things to worry about. Certain things...they need to just stay the hell out of. Dictating what technology companies can/can't/have to do...is one of those things. Stupid crap like this is probably why Britain gave the EU the finger.
 
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Stella said:
It has the form necessary for a rugged camera.

I’m sure, Apple could design a sleek water proof phone that still has a removal battery, if necessary. They just don’t need Jonny Ive to design it.
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If you take the word sleek out of the sentence, absolutely.
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GekkePrutser said:
Better for a plastic back to pop off than a glass back to smash to pieces.
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Of course plastic is a sleek and nice looking as glass.
 
Oh this is wonderful news. I do hope it comes to fruition. No more paying Apple an extortionate amount of money for battery replacements.
Plus this is surely going to fit right in with their environmentally friendly image as users will be able to easily keeps phones going for longer.
A plus in my mind even if it means a little bit more thickness to a phone.
 
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Darth.Titan said:
We cannot just point at Apple on the lack of removable batteries. Good luck finding a premium smartphone from any manufacturer that has one. Removable battery phones generally fall into the 200-300 dollar range budget phones.

If the EU implements this, I would think it would be easier and cheaper for premium phone manufacturers to just stop selling their flagship phones in the EU. The black market would thrive, so no real sales would be lost.
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If the EU keeps getting regulation happy with tech companies, that's probably exactly what will happen. There will be a tipping point where a company will probably say "you know what? F*** you. We're out." Heck...where I live...it's happening. Businesses keep giving the state the finger and leaving because of excessive regulations. We're losing more businesses than we're gaining...but the state keeps doubling down on regulations. They don't seem to understand the consequences to what they're doing.
 
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