▲ 158 ▼ Apple Explains Why It Won’t Make iPhones With Replaceable Batteries (www.inverse.com) submitted 3 years ago by doctorcherry@lemmy.ml to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world 158 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 35 points 3 years ago (1 child) The waterproof excuse is crap Yep. Galaxy S5, released 9 years ago with an IP67, removable battery, sd card and headphone jack with a back you could open with a fingernail. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dojan@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago Yep. Galaxy S5, released 9 years ago with an IP67, removable battery, sd card and headphone jack with a back you could open with a fingernail. Spot on. They boast about how the iPhone is IP68, but IPX7 means... Protected from immersion in water with a depth of up to 1 meter (or 3.3 feet) for up to 30 mins There may be a tradeoff, but I'll take this level of waterproofing with a removable battery over being able to dunk my phone under water for 2 hours without a removable battery. Like that's an easy choice. It's all moot anyway. This is just Apple trying to justify their anti-consumer standpoint of wanting to own the device after it's been bought, like every other fucking manufacturer out there. We will own nothing and we'll be happy about it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago Yep. Galaxy S5, released 9 years ago with an IP67, removable battery, sd card and headphone jack with a back you could open with a fingernail. Spot on. They boast about how the iPhone is IP68, but IPX7 means... Protected from immersion in water with a depth of up to 1 meter (or 3.3 feet) for up to 30 mins There may be a tradeoff, but I'll take this level of waterproofing with a removable battery over being able to dunk my phone under water for 2 hours without a removable battery. Like that's an easy choice. It's all moot anyway. This is just Apple trying to justify their anti-consumer standpoint of wanting to own the device after it's been bought, like every other fucking manufacturer out there. We will own nothing and we'll be happy about it. permalink fedilink source parent