European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries

Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by vel0city on Friday June 16, 2023 @03:06PM (#36362125)

> I replaced my iPhone 6 because it was slow, not because battery was bad

iPhone slowness can go hand in hand with batteries going bad, especially in the iPhone 6 days. Apple phones will limit peak performance when it detects the battery voltage can't handle it without too much of a voltage drop. From what I understand its now an opt-out setting, but for most of the iPhone 6's life it wasn't an option.

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by astrange on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:16PM (#36364692)

If you opt out of it your phone will suddenly turn off, which is definitely not an improvement over being slow. Having the opt-out is nonsense and an example of bad regulation.

This isn't the only reason an old phone would be slow though, batteries are not the only consumable component in a phone.

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by vel0city on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:43PM (#36364983)

For sure. I've had devices slow down from storage wearing out as well.

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