alt Hacker NewsFeel like all of this would be a bit irrelevant if we just had easily replaceable batteries. Phone batteries don’t cost that much.
Rather than worrying about charge speeds and charge %, I’d rather just slap a new battery in after 4 years.
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A long time ago, I had a phone with replaceable battery. I would much rather charge phone. I had to change the battery every few hours, partly because the battery was small to make replaceable and partly cause wireless sucked.
Battery life is much better now. I put phone on wireless charging pad and it is always charged when I need it. I use it all day and still have power. I carry power banks in bags if need it. External battery is better because it works with any device without having device specific batteries. Also, there are now batteries that magnetically attach to phone and wirelessly charge.
It would be nice if it was easier to replace battery, but don't need replaceable battery every day for something that happens in couple years.
Totally agree. Tbh I never needed the phones to become as thin as cardboard. At the cost of sacraficing the ability to easily remove/replace the battery I certainly never wanted it.
give me a battery door and a charging cradle so I can have two batteries, one that charges on the cradle and one in the phone to use and I'll swap them whenever I need, and never have to wait.
The same way my Game Boy worked in the nineties with NiMH batteries. Why did we abandon that pattern?
In a world where I can have my iPhone battery replaced for $99 by Apple with official parts and a quick turnaround, my desire for self-replaceable batteries is completely gone.
I’ll take the reduced size, lower weight, sturdier construction, and better waterproofing I get from the current build style.
Saving tens of dollars and an hour or two of my time every 4 years isn’t worth the compromise.