It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:
The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.
I never had to change my phone because of something other than the battery
Yeah I have a Note 9 That’s not my primary phone by a long shot but I do not want to get rid of it because it’s a really unique phone and has a lot of cool features to use as a standalone music player or something.
But the battery is at 75% health. And I just can’t decide if it’s worth trying to fix it myself which has a pretty high degree of difficulty for someone that’s never done it. Or do I spend 60 bucks --when you can find refurbs for well under $200.
Or just a retire the phone completely. But I absolutely prefer the Note 9 to the s23 ultra, outside of the failing battery and the lack of security patches.
I could see someone wanting to change their display glass and if that’s not feasible due to availability or cost I could see that as a valid reason for a new phone but I agree that the battery is by far the biggest reason to change a phone.
Lack of security updates would be a big one. With Android products that has been my most common reason to switch. With Apple, its usually battery and/or wear & tear.
You’ve got to be on a very old phone before you stop getting updates pushed through though? I know Apple are actually pretty good at legacy updates, but Android has got to be 5 or 6 years? Although the challenge is probably more to the variety of Anroid options out there in both the OS configurations and the hardware, where iOS is just iOS and the hardware is known.
I feel that when you get to that age then your battery is pretty much cooked anyway unless it’s had very light use or the owner has been absolutely meticulous in it’s care.
Yeah, it’s years. I always keep my phone as long as possible, but I was forced to replace my previous phone because my bank app was going to stop functioning on Android version X and lower. My current phone is now 4 years old and I hope I won’t have to replace it any time soon. I hate setting up new devices. :p
Got a Sony Xperia premium XZ from 2017 with the latest update being from 2019, android version 9
With Android you can just flash a custom ROM. Phones from the last 5 years even have treble support, meaning you can flash a generic ROM on any phone.
Not if you need to use apps that require Safetynet
there are workarounds , gpay works great on AOSP rom
It does until it doesn’t. Joy to one morning discover I can’t pay for my bus ticket, while I’m already on the bus.
Stuff doesn’t just stop working on its own
Magisk and Safetynet do.
no they dont if you dont update the related components…
I’ve been running rooted Android phones for more than 10 years now and have been using Google pay for about 4 of those years. Never had that happen. That seems very much like something you screwed up.
You are free to think so, but it’s hard to screw up something that worked for months and without any configuration changes breaks itself
I’ve been running rooted Android phones for more than 10 years now and have been using Google pay for about 4 of those years. Never had that happen. That seems very much like something you screwed up.