Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That's far from the case today...
That depends, if you buy a flagship device then in 5 years it will probably still be quite usable, but the battery could already be shot.
My phone (not even a flagship model) is coming up on 4 years old and it’s still pretty fast and on the newest Android version (yay custom ROMs), but the battery now struggles to get me through a regular day, so it will probably need to be replaced soon.
you say that but I smashed the screen on my pixel 4a a few months back, had a quick look around at what new devices I could get in it’s price range, and the 4a was still the device that met my needs best.
I literally just had my 4a’s screen replaced this week lol
New phones on the market offer no incentive to “upgrade” quite frankly. Also I don’t want to give up my aux port, I still have accessories I use with the aux cable which I couldn’t use anymore with a newer phone.
In the majority of devices the device will be obsolete before the battery is degraded to the point of being unusable.
That depends, if you buy a flagship device then in 5 years it will probably still be quite usable, but the battery could already be shot.
My phone (not even a flagship model) is coming up on 4 years old and it’s still pretty fast and on the newest Android version (yay custom ROMs), but the battery now struggles to get me through a regular day, so it will probably need to be replaced soon.
you say that but I smashed the screen on my pixel 4a a few months back, had a quick look around at what new devices I could get in it’s price range, and the 4a was still the device that met my needs best.
I literally just had my 4a’s screen replaced this week lol
New phones on the market offer no incentive to “upgrade” quite frankly. Also I don’t want to give up my aux port, I still have accessories I use with the aux cable which I couldn’t use anymore with a newer phone.