I’ve had multiple phones with replaceable batteries. As long as the phones were popular models, replacement batteries were widely available from both the OEM and 3rd parties. Manufacturing dates were usually within 6 months or so.
Once this goes into effect and there’s widespread demand for replacement batteries I suspect their will be no problem with supply.
Also, it will make economic sense for phone manufacturers to have as few battery models as possible. So, it’s possible that there are some pretty standard batteries. It’s also the case that batteries that sit in a warehouse for years are still better than batteries that have been discharged and recharged repeatedly.
I’ve paid a technician to replace the non-replaceable battery in one iPhone and in one iPad. Even though Apple doesn’t officially make batteries replaceable, if you are willing to pay for it, you can get a new battery and extend the life of your device by a couple of years. I imagine that will only get easier once the batteries are actually user replaceable.
That was the case with batteries in “olden times”. Nowadays some manufacturers (looking at you, Apple) have added cryptographic security to replacement parts. In a world like that it wouldn’t be crazy that the phone could detect and reject 3rd party batteries.
I’ve had multiple phones with replaceable batteries. As long as the phones were popular models, replacement batteries were widely available from both the OEM and 3rd parties. Manufacturing dates were usually within 6 months or so.
Once this goes into effect and there’s widespread demand for replacement batteries I suspect their will be no problem with supply.
Also, it will make economic sense for phone manufacturers to have as few battery models as possible. So, it’s possible that there are some pretty standard batteries. It’s also the case that batteries that sit in a warehouse for years are still better than batteries that have been discharged and recharged repeatedly.
I’ve paid a technician to replace the non-replaceable battery in one iPhone and in one iPad. Even though Apple doesn’t officially make batteries replaceable, if you are willing to pay for it, you can get a new battery and extend the life of your device by a couple of years. I imagine that will only get easier once the batteries are actually user replaceable.
That was the case with batteries in “olden times”. Nowadays some manufacturers (looking at you, Apple) have added cryptographic security to replacement parts. In a world like that it wouldn’t be crazy that the phone could detect and reject 3rd party batteries.