European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries

Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by tempestn on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:04PM (#36365658)

Are you thinking of a magsafe connector? A lightning connector definitely does have a little end that can snap off, and that in my experience (with children) is less robust than a USB-C.

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by crimsontech on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:07AM (#36368011)

No I’m talking about the port in the phone where you plug the cable in.

With lightening the cable side is the fragile part, with usb-c the male part of the connection is inside the phone’s socket. This is the fragile part of the usb-c connection.

It makes more sense for the fragile part to be on the cable rather than the phone itself because the phone is more expensive and would need a repair but the cable is cheap enough that you can replace it.

Other than this though, usb-c is far superior to lightening with better data speed and power delivery.

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by tempestn on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:53PM (#36373915)

Ahh I see. Makes sense. For what it's worth I think the USB-C port is still fairly robust because the fragile part is protected by the port, but I get what you're saying.

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