I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later

Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by j-c-hewitt on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:45PM (#22162432)

The battery is the fastest-degrading component. It is also one of the most easily replaceable components, speaking in general and not specifically to the way Apple designs it to be non-removable. The desire to replace the fastest degrading component to extend the life of the device makes perfect sense from the consumer's perspective.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by angry_octet on Monday January 27, 2020 @02:05PM (#22162628)

Additionally, most phones have a 2nd and 3rd owner (a child, or exported to another market). A 3 year old Pixel still has another 3 years of useful life at least.

Frankly it is ecological cancer to operate the way Apple does.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by lazerpants on Monday January 27, 2020 @02:31PM (#22162859)

Pixel's don't have batteries that are intended to be user serviceable either. Plus, they don't get 6 years of updates...

At least it's easy to drop by an Apple store to take advantage of the trade-in/recycle program.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by snowwrestler on Monday January 27, 2020 @04:01PM (#22163729)

You can pay Apple to put a new battery in an old iPhone.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by erik_seaberg on Monday January 27, 2020 @08:26PM (#22165617)

Only if you have a spare, or you use it so little that you can do without it—no mobile email, no GPS, no AAA, and no 2FA for up to a week.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by scarface74 on Monday January 27, 2020 @11:48PM (#22166551)

Up to a week? They can do it in the store the same day if you make an appointment.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by erik_seaberg on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @01:39AM (#22166998)

https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/service/battery-powe... warned that they'll try.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by scarface74 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @07:45AM (#22168835)

“In more complex cases, we might need to send it to an Apple Repair Center.”

There are no “complex cases” of battery repair. They are referring to cases where there is other damage they have to fix first (which they stated).

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by wlesieutre on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:16AM (#22169534)

Not everyone lives near an Apple Store either.

Thankfully Apple has recently made genuine iPhone batteries more available to repair shops, but that was just 4 months ago. They spent 13 years not doing that first.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20838307/apple-iphone-rep...

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by scarface74 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:41AM (#22169749)

People have been able to go to a shop and get batteries replaced (whether they were genuine or not) for a decade. It’s only been within the past two or three years where it made the slightest difference between whether it was genuine or not.

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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later by craftinator on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:14AM (#22177946)

How inane is the comment you just wrote. Please just, reread that to yourself a couple times. It's MaDnEsS

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