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Apple is sending out checks for ‘batterygate’ class action claims (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.