So why the anger?

Everything went pretty smoothly, i.e I did not break anything: I ordered a kit online for £15 including a battery, and several screw drivers, some plastic tools and more.

Opening the iPhone was easy; however taking the battery off was a challenge as it was glued to the bottom of the iPhone. The risk is real to break electronic components as they are minuscule, and nothing is designed to be replaced by the user.

Changing the battery took maybe 15 minutes and cold sweat, however, it required a factory reset of the device, a backup restore, which in total took about 2 hours.

A friend of mine told me that it is “impressive” that I managed to change the battery of the iphone.

How have we come to a point where changing a battery is an impressive job?

Do you get also a round of applause when you replace a light bulb at home? or the last time you replaced the battery of your digital camera?

After changing a light bulb, does it take you 2 hours of your day and a complete reset of your home electricity?

The battery of my IPhone lasted about 3 hours; most people would have purchased a new phone. This is why it is all wrong.

I remember by Ericson GH337, and changing the battery was a piece of cake, and it was 20 years ago!

Planned obsolescence!

Too many devices have a scheduled end of life. Such as “when the printer decides, somewhat arbitrarily, that the pads are worn out, that puts the whole device out of commission”, and it happened to my Epson printer.

Smartphones are great devices, and they are expensive, very expensive. As consumers, we have a voice to be heard.