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Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won't anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Waterproof ratings are all nonsense anyways IMO. The way appliances are tested does not take into consideration human error.

Gotta drop the phone a couple times onto concrete to simulate how morons like me treating it, then check its water resistance.