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Apple is sending out checks for ‘batterygate’ class action claims (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Apple is sending out checks for ‘batterygate’ class action claims::Apple has begun sending money to people whose iPhones were intentionally throttled in the iPhone 6, 6S, and 7 lines, as well as the first iPhone SE.

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[–] farcaster@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Can't wait for the EU's user-replaceable batteries regulation to take effect in 2027. Finally we can go back to what we used to have!

[–] Alchemy@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

How would this impact the phones water resistance, I wonder? A removable battery would require some sort of user serviceable (breakable) seal on the door.

Maybe they could put the seal at the connection on the battery to the phone instead of around the door where it is likely to get debris lodged in it.

[–] farcaster@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good question. I imagine they could still make the internals of the phone waterproof. Getting your phone wet might destroy the battery but not the expensive phone. If they can make waterproof phones with USB-C ports which provide power then they should be able to make waterproof phones with a hidden "port" for the battery under a cover.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

I remember getting my first waterproof phone (Z), every port had a flap over it. The only exception was a special docking connector, that took +5v and gnd. And I thought (at the time) "that makes sense, all the other jacks probably can't be waterproof".

Then 6 months later, I was handed the Z1, complete with waterproof 3.5mm jack.
Another year later, the Z3 had a waterproof charging port too.

It definitely feels like these things are gradually possible, if the manufacturer actually wants to achieve it.

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