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Apple Explains Why It Won’t Make iPhones With Replaceable Batteries (www.inverse.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/apple_enthusiast

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The waterproof excuse is crap

Yep. Galaxy S5, released 9 years ago with an IP67, removable battery, sd card and headphone jack with a back you could open with a fingernail.

[–] dojan 15 points 1 year ago

Yep. Galaxy S5, released 9 years ago with an IP67, removable battery, sd card and headphone jack with a back you could open with a fingernail.

Spot on. They boast about how the iPhone is IP68, but IPX7 means...

Protected from immersion in water with a depth of up to 1 meter (or 3.3 feet) for up to 30 mins

There may be a tradeoff, but I'll take this level of waterproofing with a removable battery over being able to dunk my phone under water for 2 hours without a removable battery. Like that's an easy choice.

It's all moot anyway. This is just Apple trying to justify their anti-consumer standpoint of wanting to own the device after it's been bought, like every other fucking manufacturer out there. We will own nothing and we'll be happy about it.