Re:Android isn't cool with teenagers, and that's a big problem
by FirmwareBurner on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @02:35PM
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>So it has to be protected against accidents, and that's what the sealed design is for. Sure, it's probably good for planned obsolescence or whatever, but that's a secondary concern.
Sorry, but this reasoning that sealing a phone shut is first for water protection is bs. No mate, it's 100% first and foremost for planned obsolescence.
You know why? Go to your nearest store and pick up a 20-40 $ Casio watch that's 30m-200m water resistant, and check out the mighty innovations that make this happen while allowing you to operate its buttons under water and replace the battery and repair it: tiny rubber gaskets around the steel pushers and between the plastic body and the steel plate screwed down with 4 screws.
Surely the likes of Apple, who has more money than God, can copy this unfathomable innovation from the Casio F-91W, and engineer a similar gasket solution to unscrew the back panel on a phone and easily replace the battery while staying water resistant.
Sorry, but this reasoning that sealing a phone shut is first for water protection is bs. No mate, it's 100% first and foremost for planned obsolescence.
You know why? Go to your nearest store and pick up a 20-40 $ Casio watch that's 30m-200m water resistant, and check out the mighty innovations that make this happen while allowing you to operate its buttons under water and replace the battery and repair it: tiny rubber gaskets around the steel pushers and between the plastic body and the steel plate screwed down with 4 screws.
Surely the likes of Apple, who has more money than God, can copy this unfathomable innovation from the Casio F-91W, and engineer a similar gasket solution to unscrew the back panel on a phone and easily replace the battery while staying water resistant.