Remember when you could just pop off any phone's back cover and replace the battery? I think tech companies should bring this feature back since they care about the environment so much :-)

>>105609464 (OP)
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that they do it for a reason other than being jews.

>>105609574
courage

>>105609464 (OP)
Samsung still makes them as the Xcover series and the build quality is GARBAGE.

>>105609464 (OP)
I love the lg g3, member IR blasters in phones?

>>105609464 (OP)
how often do you really need to replace a phone's battery? my last iphone i used for 5 years every day and it was still 80% capacity after that
if i wanted i could've paid like 50 dollars to get it replaced but instead i just got a new iphone

>>105609693
It's not about that, when I get form home to uni playing some vidya already has my phone at 75% through my classes dicking around on the internet, listening to music/yt/twitch it would be at ~50% by lunch. Not going to make it home if I want to eat out since all the pubs and kebab shops here stopped allowing people the charge whilst eating or drinking. If I could just swap out the battery in 2 minutes I'd be near 100% all day if I wanted

>>105609693
Good consumer cattle cuck

>>105609971
just carry a power bank with you if you need more juice

>>105610021
are you a bot or just esl reading comprehension?
i said i didn't need to change my battery even after 5 years, that's the opposite of consumerism

>>105609464 (OP)
>LG G3
Miss that old piece of shit, even if it was barely running and shat the bed by the end, but not badly enough that I couldn't migrate.

>>105609971
>It's not about that, when I get form home to uni playing some vidya already has my phone at 75% through my classes dicking around on the internet, listening to music/yt/twitch it would be at ~50% by lunch. Not going to make it home if I want to eat out since all the pubs and kebab shops here stopped allowing people the charge whilst eating or drinking.
Bro you are supposed to study in school, not consoom on your phone

>>105609610
>member IR blasters in phones?
my Redmi Note 10 Pro still has one. along with a headphone jack, and microSD card slot

>>105610061
but you didn't change your battery, you changed your whole phone instead

>>105610388
yeah but not because of the battery, because i wanted a new and faster phone, and after 5 years that's not unreasonable
how long are you supposed to keep using your devices, until you die?

>>105609464 (OP)
just buy phones with a removable battery

>>105610349
>>105610362
We have dumb classes in the UK now which aren't important to anyone, like managing credit cards(not american so never need one), loans(just going to take my mums house), and other useless garbage. I'm going to into IT not stay at home wife.

>>105610576
Not all batteries last that long, most phones are literally engineered to have an "all day battery" when new but after 500 or so cycles (about 2 years of use) it stops being the case.

>>105609464 (OP)
>AYO NIGGA AN WHAT HABBEN IF I DROP DAT FOAM IN DA TOILET?????????? HUH NIGGA?????? IT NEEDSTA BE WATTAPROOF, NIGGA.

>>105610808
>removable back
>user replaceable battery
>waterproof
But no one's allowed to talk about it. It's impossible and phones have to be glued shut, period.

>>105610061
>just carry a power bank with you if you need more juice
Charging your phone from power banks are killing your phone faster

>>105609464 (OP)
Fairphone exists...
Buy it and put your money where your mouth is

>>105609464 (OP)
remember never actually doing it and replacing the entire phone instead every time?

>>105611185
no actually.
I used to edc a Samsung xcover pro 2 and I had three total batteries for it and a external battery charger.
When you actually use your phone, you start to realise how fucking garbage apps are. I can get like 7 hours out of each battery wandering around Japan using Maps all day. Much more convenient to pack a second battery and swap it out.

>>105610981
>Poodroid instead of a proper OS like Linux
>Needing to advertise X years of updates, because it is ARMslop
>No headphone jack so they can sell you wireless earbud slop
>Battery format isn't generic
Even the most consoomer-friendly smartphone is still garbage.

>>105609464 (OP)
You think? The EU has decided to to just that for sustainability.

>>105611296
>Poodroid instead of a proper OS like Linux
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp5)

>>105611558
Stop spamming your shit linuxtroon.

>>105611296
>Poodroid instead of a proper OS like Linux
Fairphones come unlocked by default so you can install whatever OS you want on them.
>Needing to advertise X years of updates, because it is ARMslop
Don't all smartphone manufacturers do this?
>No headphone jack so they can sell you wireless earbud slop
This shitty behavior has been affecting most smartphones sadly. Luckily a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter is cheap, but doesn't fully solve the root problem.
>Battery format isn't generic
I didn't know this was a thing for other smartphones either.

I want more USB ports

>>105609464 (OP)
Werks on my machine & thank you china for making BL-5Cs until the sun dies

>>105610868
That shit had USB3.0 in 2014. Its hardware is perfect outside of computing and photography. Makes me mad every time I think about it.

>>105611296
your a complete fucking idiot, that said the fairphone is still garbage because they dont sell it in the only country that matters

>>105609464 (OP)
LG G3 was peak comfy phone
I WANT THIS SHIT 1:1 RIGHT NOW ONLY WITH SPECS THAT FIT IN THE SAME CASE

FUCKING HELL!
NOTIFICATION LED
3.5mm HEADJACK
INFRARED OPTIONAL

still have a working LG G3 here with a custom mod but it is getting to slow for daily use :(

This is the ONLY brand new smartphone that has a removable battery!

Thoughts?

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Unlocked-T-Mobile-Cellular-SM-G766UZKFN14/dp/B0F72BL8WT

>>105609464 (OP)
Didn't the EU mandate this recently?

>>105609464 (OP)
I'd love to see a return of expanded batteries, I had one in my xperia play and only had to charge it once a week
yeah power banks exist, but that's something else to carry

>>105614668
excuse me what the fuck

>>105615069
>Android phones come with paki spots built in

>>105614624
I loved the LG G4 but mine eventually bootlooped like everyone else's did.

>>105613588
You can get it from authorized resellers. I'm using a fairphone in the USA because of that

>>105609464 (OP)
they want you to buy a new phone, not gonna happen

>>105615457
defeats the entire purpose of being able to cheaply and easily order replacement parts

>>105614668
That things not new, its several years old. And the specs were SHIT even when it came out. Worse, its samshit and completely locked down

>>105609464 (OP)
>college
>running to catch bus
>phone falls out of pocket
>shatters upon impact spliting into the main phone, back panel and battery
>spaghetti tier picking up the pieces from puddles in the rain
im glad you cant

>>105611447
/thread

>>105611447
If you're reading the fine print, if Apple keeps making batteries 5 years past the end of production, they don't need to make easily replaceable batteries.

>>105614692
Yeah, but it won't take effect until February of 2027...

>>105610868
>>105613521
I'm still using mine. Admittedly as a second phone since I also have one for work.
You forgot the part where it doesn't make the goddamn alarm noises whenever some retarded kid gets picked up from school by the "wrong" parent.

BUT THEN YOUR PHONE WILL BE 0.5MM THICKER
DO YOU REALLY WANT THAT?

>>105616356
yes

my friend in middle school got the whole class on the trend of having a fully charged spare in the backpack
shit was cash
we'd rip movies and music on the school computer and copy them on everyones SD card

>>105609464 (OP)
>could just pop off any phone's back cover and replace the battery

The problem NOT the lack of back covers, is why companies make 200 models of smartphones every year and everyone has a battery exclusive for specific models

>>105610924
how?

>>105609574
Can't allow a physical killswitch on your tracker, goy.

>>105615457
>still no 5 on reseller
why

>>105609693
>how often do you really need to replace a phone's battery?
Every time it dies and I'd rather have a full charge than be tethered to a wall or powerbank for hours. The one minute recharge is essentially dead.

I remember the countless times I'd drop my phone and the fucking battery got yeeted ten feet. But both the phone and battery would be fine.. Yep still would prefer removable batteries but that's never going to happen.

>muh e-waste
once the EU law is in effect people will go to Amazon or Ali and buy the cheapest chinkshit replacement batteries possible. It's going to cause SO many house fires

>>105622251
The chink batteries exists because manufacturers refuse to provide batteries at all.

Once there is an expectation that batteries are meant to be replaced, the onus is on the original manufacturers to flood the market as a matter of safety

It's either that or a plain admission that sealed batteries where never about "safety"

>>105622296
>Once there is an expectation that batteries are meant to be replaced, the onus is on the original manufacturers to flood the market as a matter of safety
lol lmao

>>105622349
It's either that or have your name dragged in the mud.
Refusal to provide batteries means you are entirely at fault for the consequences of consumer use of 3rd party batteries

>>105622388
I will believe that when I see it. All that is going to happen is manufacturers waving all liability if you use a third party battery. And the original replacement battery will cost so much that you would rather buy a new phone instead

>>105609464 (OP)
it's honestly not a problem for me if the back panel isn't easily removable like that, since i'm not carrying a second battery regardless

it would be so much better if the entire phone could be disassembled with only a screwdriver and a prying tool, along with rubber gaskets being used for waterproofing, which some chinese phone models are already doing

>>105609464 (OP)
why yes, i do have a fairphone 4, how could you tell?

>>105609464 (OP)
kwab

>>105614668
>never heard of fairphone
what do i expect from a weeb

>>105622870
can fairphone 5 be sold in the US yet
its years old by now right

>>105611558
>Missing drivers and broken functionality
Not great.
>>105612011
>Fairphones come unlocked by default so you can install whatever OS you want on them.
You're still limited to various flavors of Android ROMs and postmarketOS with limited functionality.
>Don't all smartphone manufacturers do this?
Yes, and it's just yet another way to paper over cracks so that consoomers will keep purchasing. It's like advertising that something is made from oceanbound plastics, it's pointless feelgood nonsense.
>I didn't know this was a thing for other smartphones either.
I don't think it's a thing for dumbphones either, but a man can dream of stupid ideas, it's like complaining that the mobile modem isn't running fully open source firmware.
>>105622296
We can't even agree on pinouts for power supply cables and before Micro-b every phone had a different charger and none of their removable batteries were compatible then either.
>>105616356
Shortstack was always the optimal phone form factor.

>>105623976
>You're still limited to various flavors of Android ROMs and postmarketOS with limited functionality.
what about Ubuntu Touch?