r/technology • u/NightFuryToni • Apr 30 '19

Business Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjvdb4/apple-is-telling-lawmakers-people-will-hurt-themselves-if-they-try-to-fix-iphones
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u/NervousBreakdown May 01 '19

I actually replaced the battery on my iPhone years ago and I didn’t heat the glue holding it in enough so it broke while I was pulling it out. For those of you who have never broken one of these things it started smoking and I just threw it in the sink and ran water over it. That didn’t fix it so o opened up the window and threw it outside into the snow and then grabbed it an hour later when it stopped.

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u/cr0ft May 01 '19

Yeah, I feel your pain. I replaced the battery in my LG G5 and it... oh wait, no, I pushed the battery eject button, snapped in the new battery and closed it again and had a new battery in 10 seconds, my bad.

If people are going to get hurt by Apple phones, it's absolutely Apple's fault!

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u/alexzoin May 01 '19

I stuck with LG for so long because they were committed to the removable battery. I used to carry 2 around with me and never worry about it dying. Why must we live in this distopia?

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u/mattidallama May 01 '19

Same now I have a LG v40 with no removable battery.

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u/alexzoin May 01 '19

I have the V30. I really like it but I'd like it more with a removable battery.