nico239 wrote:This would imply that the manufacturers of batteries that are supplied for phones with the Android operating system (system used by several different manufacturers) would be in cahoots with Orange and Co. to reduce the life of their batteries depending on the duration of Orange et cie packages ????
It seems highly improbable, not to say fanciful ...
No, no collusion ... just the adaptation of packages to the "life" of the batteries ... (as a reminder a battery is considered dead when it has lost only 30% of its initial capacity ...) ... And changing a laptop is as interesting for manufacturers as for operators (What is pollution and resources? We don't care !!)
And the "€ 1 cell phone" + credit (via overcharged subscription or not necessary) was a wonderful marketing invention since customers did not feel like they were paying for their beautiful phone *
Also 2 years is the European legal warranty (with exceptions on batteries ...)
I am not claiming that there is "something" which deliberately degrades the capacity of the batteries after battery 2 years ... I just noticed it on a sample of 2 Samsung devices (and a 2015 Sony Android does not didn't do that ...) ... so it's not worth much.
But I repeat that it was pretty obvious in my 2 cases ... enough for me to see it and remember it ...
* from memory the French change their mobile phone every 18 months on average ... so most people should not notice this drop every 2 years of birthday ...