The removable battery of mobile phones is back in vogue? Don't make a fuss! Manufacturers won't be so stupid

In today's era, there is a high probability that everyone has a smartphone. With extremely high frequency of use and rich usage scenarios, even in today's greatly enhanced battery life of mobile phones, there are still some users who complain about "battery life". Many friends must still remember that in fact, in the early days of mobile phones, replaceable batteries were standard, and it was only after the first release of the iPhone in 07 that smartphones began to turn to non-removable batteries.

And this demand that seems to have some "wonderful" needs may be seen from the leader of the "mobile phone integrated design", that is, Apple's iPhone.

Apple's new patent has given a little new hope to related enthusiasts

Recently, Apple was exposed to a new patent, the core part of the patent is that the device battery adopts a modular detachable design, so that the device's battery can get a more flexible experience, and this patent also covers a number of Apple's products, such as Magic Keyboard and Mouse, etc., may be applicable, of course, the most important thing is that this patented technology must be applied to the iPhone.

However, we need to give users who are looking forward to the implementation of this technology a basin of cold water, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is actually a technical reserve of Apple, in order to deal with some policy risks, or EU regulations, after all, earlier, the EU was ready to sign a mandatory decree, intending to make all electronic devices can use removable battery design, to reduce product loss, more in line with environmental protection requirements, not to mention whether this decree can be passed, Apple prepared in advance, it is also understandable.

It's just that for the landing of this decree,The author actually has reservations,Compared with the previous mandatory Type-C interface law,The resistance to mandatory replaceable batteries is obviously much greater,After all, when the decree was introduced,Most mainstream mobile phone manufacturers have already used the Type-C interface,So this decree only affects the Apple iPhone product,This also makes Apple have to install a new interface for the iPhone。

But the non-removable battery has long become the mainstream of the industry, the appearance design of the mobile phone is designed around the non-removable battery, and most of the mobile phone manufacturers have used the non-removable battery, in the appearance design, workmanship, texture, battery life, etc., to find a balance, if it changes rashly, it is likely to break this balance, so this decree, it must be much more resistant than the last interface decree, and the EU has to weigh the mainstream market when it is discussed and passed.

Phones with replaceable batteries still seem to be doing more harm than good these days

Today, even the most die-hard advocates of removable batteries have to admit that if phone makers switch back to removable battery design, it will be too costly.

First of all, manufacturers must redesign the structural strength of the fuselage, after all, in today's built-in battery design, the battery is protected in the metal structure of the fuselage, which can almost be said to be the safest position in the entire mobile phone, if you change it rashly, then you must consider the risk of breaking the back cover and external materials, and you must have thicker and stronger materials to strengthen the fuselage and the battery itself, if this is the case, the weight of the mobile phone will definitely increase a lot in daily use.

If you want to maintain the weight and thickness of the fuselage, then reducing the battery capacity must be unavoidable, take today's mainstream 5000mAh battery as an example, if you adopt a detachable design, it will at least shrink to about 4000mAh, in terms of the current software ecology and chip power consumption, this battery life will definitely be too bad, not to mention the more complex internal structure design, the maintenance cost has increased, and the average user can't accept it at all.

In addition, there are problems such as changes in the material of the back cover of the mobile phone, the decline in the texture of the fuselage, and the deterioration of the efficiency of the mobile phone signal antenna, which can be described as a removable battery design.

Of course, the convenience brought by the removable battery scheme is actually there, so manufacturers are also developing large battery + fast charging technology, which can not only solve the battery life anxiety in a short time, but also may make the mobile phone more portable, and there are some specially designed technologies that can extend the life of the mobile phone battery, which is much stronger in other aspects for removable batteries.

Therefore, we dare to judge that the mandatory bill related to non-removable batteries is unlikely to be realized, and many discussions based on this bill and related patents now seem to be just a "farce".