This comes at a time where I’m considering replacing my 5 year old phone battery due to significant degradation, but at the cost of my phone’s water resistance. I’m all for user repairability and really look forward to these consumer friendly changes.
Yeah, I support that decision :P
I personally don’t see that much value in water proofing, I’ve never came across a situation where I thought it would have been rather helpful to have water proofing. Maybe I’ve just been very lucky hehe
This comes at a time where I’m considering replacing my 5 year old phone battery due to significant degradation, but at the cost of my phone’s water resistance. I’m all for user repairability and really look forward to these consumer friendly changes.
Yeah, I support that decision :P
I personally don’t see that much value in water proofing, I’ve never came across a situation where I thought it would have been rather helpful to have water proofing. Maybe I’ve just been very lucky hehe
I’ll just copy what I wrote in another thread:
They had waterproof smartphones before this idiocy of non-replacable batteries. Ten years ago!
Just some examples:
Sony Xperia Active (2011)
Samsung Galaxy S5 (2014)
Today’s smartphones are built cheap. Sadly. Louis Rossmam explains this well.
Unfortunately you’ll have to wait until 2027 so your current 5 year old phone will probably be long dead by that point.