Fine, poor phrasing from me. I should have said "Apple, and most phone makers, have seen that most phones get replaced in 3-4 years and so they have made the de

Fine, poor phrasing from me. I should have said "Apple, and most phone makers, have seen that most phones get replaced in 3-4 years and so they have made the decision to glue their batteries in place to get extra capacity" - Apple is a mass market device, there is little upside to them designing for the small niche of people who want to run their phone into the ground and not upgrade.