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It’s absolutetly not very easy. I would say it’s very hard, indeed it requires a set of specialized tools.
by lemmonii 6y ago
It’s absolutetly not very easy. I would say it’s very hard, indeed it requires a set of specialized tools.
- vbezhenar 6y agoThose tools are cheaper than battery. I think they even sold with battery on some websites.
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- jnwatson 6y agoYou can pay someone $30 to do it for you.
- luma 6y agoThe same is true of watches and nobody is calling for an act of congress about it. If you want something to be waterproof and small and lightweight, you are probably going to trade off some service accessibility. They haven't gone out of their way to make replacing batteries difficult, but it is more difficult than it used to be before phones were waterproof and tightly packaged.
- ashtonkem 6y agoWatches are a luxury product, and their environmental impact is effectively 0. The same can’t be said of smart phones anymore.
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- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> The same can’t be said of smart phones anymore It can be said about iPhones. I like having a thin, light and watertight phone. If the cost of that is limited avenues for servicing, that’s a tradeoff I am fine with.
- majewsky 6y agoIf the impact on society is significant enough, society can and does forego individual judgment. You wouldn't be able to put asbestos in your house today even if you were fine with the associated tradeoff, because society has decided that it's just out of limits.
- Hamuko 6y ago>The same is true of watches Sure, it requires special tools, but isn't a battery change on a quartz watch pretty easy? I think the going price for a battery change is like 10€. There can't be that much hard work involved with pricing like that.
- luma 6y agoI would respond that replacing a battery on a modern iPhone is similarly easy. The tools are plastic, cheap, and as others have noted, are often bundled with the battery. The only price delta here is the cost of the battery itself.
- dheera 6y agoUntil everyone started wearing Apple watches ...
- Teckla 6y agoThe same is true of watches and nobody is calling for an act of congress about it. If you want something to be waterproof and small and lightweight, you are probably going to trade off some service accessibility. My watch (Timex) does not require special tools in order to replace the battery, and it's waterproof, small, and lightweight. I unscrew four small screws on the back using the same screwdriver I've used for years to tighten the screws on my eyeglasses. Pop in the replacement coin cell battery, and screw it back together. It takes about two minutes and costs about $5.
- ponker 6y agoYou do not need to make it end-user serviceable to make it environmentally friendly. You can make it serviceable with the tools and skills available at a mobile phone repair shop, which almost everyone has access to.