The number of retards believing this figure is insane
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Good. Maby they stop deliberately making them run slower ''to avoid reducing battery life'', make it so we can repair them, and change the battery more easily.
I miss replaceable phone batteries. Always the first part to go if you aren't clumsy.
I consoomed a new tablet because after 6 years the battery couldn't keep voltage anymore.
Also Google wouldn't let me access necessary updates because ''your device is not supported'' ( anymore ) so more and more programs wouldn't work. It wasen't a processing power problem. It was planned obsolescence.
Could still have been used for pictures and the programs not needing updates... if the battery was replaceable.
No matter how delicately you pryed the back cover open, it had adhesive, and the dried-up weak little plastic pins would snap off or be damaged. ( It was going to the recycling center anyway so I tried opening it ).
I find it rather messed up that all those ressources put into a piece of electronics is made so it's going to break and/or be unusable after 5 years.
The handheld console model I got on second hand market is explicitly stated by the manufacturer ( Nintendo ) that the battery is non-replaceable ( N2DS XL console ). They deliberately made it so hard as to be considered not fixable by either not giving a fk about the design, or to save a dollar or two on manufacturing costs. All the previous models have easily replaceable batteries. And so easy to check if the battery is swelling in those models.
Pisses me off. And it only got worse when Nintendo moved-on to the Switch. You know how USB-C charging is basically a retard-proof universal standart? Nintendo managed to fuck it up and charging a Switch with something other than their proprietary cables and docks has a significant chance to damage the console because they made something retarded with their charging board.
Back to phones... there are shops that offer battery replacement for phones. Expect to pay $70 - $100+ for the service. With the right tools you can do it yourself for cheaper ( obviously with the risk of breaking your phone ).
By the time you need to change the battery, it's likely you can get a new phone that will outperform your old one for less than $200, so paying someone with experience to change the battery for you is not worth it.
I 'member when the Scandi countries led in mobile tech development.