BotIt@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoEU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027www.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10cross-posted to: suomi@sopuli.xyztechnology@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlnews@geddit.socialworldnews@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orghardware@lemmy.ml
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkEU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027www.pcmag.comBotIt@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: suomi@sopuli.xyztechnology@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlnews@geddit.socialworldnews@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orghardware@lemmy.ml
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoI’m referring to the average - obviously there’ll always be decentbudget phones with an unbeatable price-to-performance ratio. Here’s a source for my claim - I couldn’t find any better ones after a few minutes. According to this: The ASP [average selling price] of the North American smartphone market reached its historic Q1 record high of US$790 this year. Yes, the low sale of budget phones certainly contributes, however, the market for premium phones grew by 33% from last year. With more and more people having more and more expensive phones, how will having replacable batteries while being waterproof drive up the price?
minus-squareGaryPonderosa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThe average iseaningless here. I sell a phone for 1 billion dollars. That raises the average price to a million dollars. If you go to any store and grab 100 phones at random, their pricing will not reflect the average.
I’m referring to the average - obviously there’ll always be decentbudget phones with an unbeatable price-to-performance ratio.
Here’s a source for my claim - I couldn’t find any better ones after a few minutes.
According to this:
Yes, the low sale of budget phones certainly contributes, however, the market for premium phones grew by 33% from last year.
With more and more people having more and more expensive phones, how will having replacable batteries while being waterproof drive up the price?
The average iseaningless here.
I sell a phone for 1 billion dollars. That raises the average price to a million dollars. If you go to any store and grab 100 phones at random, their pricing will not reflect the average.