I gotchu (infosec.pub)
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[–] 266 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Meme so old the battery is removable

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  • [–] 93 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    And they will be again in a few years thanks to the EU

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  • [–] 31 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Finally, I don't understand why it took so long.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    Let’s wait for the final bill.

    I do not thing we will return to user swappable batteries. It will just be easier to have a shop replace your battery. But that is just my guess. We do not know the final bill yet.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    iPhone batteries were never removable via back cover

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That's the screen, there's a pull tab under the battery that you pull out and then you can remove it

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  • [–] 28 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That’s still a thing on current gen iPhones.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    In the newer iPhones you can even get to the battery through the back of the phone. No need to remove the screen.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Honestly, it's just the 14s that have the battery accessible through the back, and the back glass is still glued on, so it's not even easier than previous generations. But removing the screen/back glass isn't even the annoying part, it's the awful adhesive strips that Apple uses that tear the instant you try to remove them. Always ends up with a bit of heat, alcohol and prying. Not really difficult to do if you have the tools on hand, but not even close to the ease of yesteryear when you could just pop the battery out.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This comment is idiotic. That’s how every iPhone has been and still is. You can remove the display and can lift up the battery and replace it.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You're idiotic. You used to be able to do this on all phones without disassembling the screen .

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  • [+] -6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah because I fucking engineered the phone to be like that. It’s my fault.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    The point is that by default today the battery of a smartphone is not removable by a random individual, it might not be super duper hard to do but you still need proper hardware and knowledge to do it.

    10 years ago even my grandma could have swapped the battery.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Wait. You people can't remove the batteries from your phone? 🤨 My phone is only 2 years old and I can take off the back and remove mine whenever I want. The fuck kind of shit companies are you buying from?

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    There are only few devices with an easy to replace battery and I get some cynical vibes from your comment so you are probably aware. There are even less devices in the price class between 200 - 300€, a lot of people can't afford the Fairphone. Hopefully the EU will deal with that shit soon.

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  • [+] -15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    You all need to hit up Best Buy then, because you can buy a $200- $300 unlocked phone from which you can, in fact, pop out the battery.

    Please for the love of god, tell me you idiots weren't signing on to contracts and indebting yourselves to phone companies just to get access to shitty, locked, censored and controlled iPhones or Galaxies.

    Edit: I count 8 idiots. Holy crap, how did you let yourself get schnookered?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Many people think that’s the only way of doing it. Just because you know about it doesn’t mean everyone else’s does, but yes, you can likely go to any electronics retailer and get an unlocked phone pretty easily

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I don't even know if I can, my phone is a literal tank weighing half a kilo. It has some weird bezels you can screw out but I never tried to see if they reveal the massive battery

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