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===Built-in battery (2019 until EOL)=== | ===Built-in battery (2019 until EOL)=== | ||
The device has an integrated battery that cannot be replaced easily (in fact, Bosch warns in their end of life FAQ: "Please do not open the housing: permanently installed batteries may only be removed for disposal by qualified personnel."). | The device has an integrated battery that cannot be replaced easily (in fact, Bosch warns in their end of life FAQ: "Please do not open the housing: permanently installed batteries may only be removed for disposal by qualified personnel.").<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-26 |title=FAQ – End of operations |url=https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/#accordion-7388694-1 |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Bosch spexor}}</ref> | ||
As lithium ion batteries deteriorate over time, this articifially limits the lifetime of the product and makes servicing unnecessarily complicated. It also makes it impossible to temporarily ensure that no data is being collected and transmitted to any cloud service by simply removing the battery, or even to simply reboot the device in case of a software hang. | As lithium ion batteries deteriorate over time, this articifially limits the lifetime of the product and makes servicing unnecessarily complicated. It also makes it impossible to temporarily ensure that no data is being collected and transmitted to any cloud service by simply removing the battery, or even to simply reboot the device in case of a software hang. | ||
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A German tech website [https://www.heise.de Heise Online] posted pictures of the interior in the hope of finding a way to give the device a second life.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knop |first=Dirk |date=2025-05-26 |title=Bosch versetzt spexor-Geräten den Todesstoß [German] |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Bosch-versetzt-spexor-Geraeten-den-Todesstoss-10396152.html |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Heise Online}}</ref> | A German tech website [https://www.heise.de Heise Online] posted pictures of the interior in the hope of finding a way to give the device a second life.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knop |first=Dirk |date=2025-05-26 |title=Bosch versetzt spexor-Geräten den Todesstoß [German] |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Bosch-versetzt-spexor-Geraeten-den-Todesstoss-10396152.html |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Heise Online}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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