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Making batteries hard to replace by gluing them in is obviously a conscious decision, not some sort of cost saving.
by sly010 6y ago
Making batteries hard to replace by gluing them in is obviously a conscious decision, not some sort of cost saving.
- ThePowerOfFuet 6y agoThere are simple pull-tabs to remove them. The alternative is a hard shell (which decreases the space available for energy storage)... or letting the battery flop around inside the unit, I suppose.
- cbmuser 6y agoGluing something in instead of using screws is just faster and cheaper to manufacture. And if it's a product like a phone that 90% of the customers will replace with a new one in just a few years, the large majority of customers actually won't care.