▲ 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
[+] SulaymanF@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) They exist but not at this thinness. That’s an important difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (3 children) I don't think anybody really cares about an extra half millimetre of thickness, especially if it means that you can save hundreds in replacement costs and extend its life by a few years. Nobody's buying an iPhone and busting out the calipers to compare it to their previous phone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago I care. This thing’s already thick and heavy enough, and I don’t particularly care about popping the back off my phone to replace a battery. It’s like…once every two years that I have to replace it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Apple’s sales fall and people don’t buy new phones because “it looks just like last year’s phone.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago There are so many things a company can change about a phone besides its thickness. permalink fedilink source parent [–] T156@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You also start running into usability issues. There's only so thin a phone can be before it's less of a phone, and more of a blade that'll bend if you sneeze at it wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kayazere@feddit.nl -1 points 3 years ago Happened with the iPhone 6 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (3 children) I don't think anybody really cares about an extra half millimetre of thickness, especially if it means that you can save hundreds in replacement costs and extend its life by a few years. Nobody's buying an iPhone and busting out the calipers to compare it to their previous phone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago I care. This thing’s already thick and heavy enough, and I don’t particularly care about popping the back off my phone to replace a battery. It’s like…once every two years that I have to replace it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Apple’s sales fall and people don’t buy new phones because “it looks just like last year’s phone.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago There are so many things a company can change about a phone besides its thickness. permalink fedilink source parent [–] T156@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You also start running into usability issues. There's only so thin a phone can be before it's less of a phone, and more of a blade that'll bend if you sneeze at it wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kayazere@feddit.nl -1 points 3 years ago Happened with the iPhone 6 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago I care. This thing’s already thick and heavy enough, and I don’t particularly care about popping the back off my phone to replace a battery. It’s like…once every two years that I have to replace it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Apple’s sales fall and people don’t buy new phones because “it looks just like last year’s phone.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago There are so many things a company can change about a phone besides its thickness. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago There are so many things a company can change about a phone besides its thickness. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T156@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You also start running into usability issues. There's only so thin a phone can be before it's less of a phone, and more of a blade that'll bend if you sneeze at it wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kayazere@feddit.nl -1 points 3 years ago Happened with the iPhone 6 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kayazere@feddit.nl -1 points 3 years ago Happened with the iPhone 6 permalink fedilink source parent