Yeah exactly, isn’t it causing way more E waste when people have to replace their phones every 3-5 years because of a battery only? Hopefully now in the future you can replace that battery and use your phone even longer. Resulting in only batteries being replaced which could probably be recycled somehow (I’m no expert on this, so no clue if what I’m saying is correct :P )
We’ll have to wait for more data before we can really know if it will cause more or less waste. It all will depend on how good the companies are at gauging the demand for replacement batteries. Do people want to use a phone for more than 5 years ? After 3 - 5 years (depending on brand) your phone will no longer be getting security updates.
Yeah exactly, isn’t it causing way more E waste when people have to replace their phones every 3-5 years because of a battery only? Hopefully now in the future you can replace that battery and use your phone even longer. Resulting in only batteries being replaced which could probably be recycled somehow (I’m no expert on this, so no clue if what I’m saying is correct :P )
We’ll have to wait for more data before we can really know if it will cause more or less waste. It all will depend on how good the companies are at gauging the demand for replacement batteries. Do people want to use a phone for more than 5 years ? After 3 - 5 years (depending on brand) your phone will no longer be getting security updates.