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This is great. There's no technical reason why iPhone, Android phones, tablets, etc., have batteries that are glued in and not easily swappable.

robertlagrant 4y ago
How do you get the battery out of the iPhone in the first place? I thought they were sealed?
- georgeplusplus 4y ago
  Hot air fan to melt the glue.
  - robertlagrant 4y ago
    As in the case is also glued? What I'm getting at is: if the battery isn't glued inside the iPhone, but is held some other way, then the iPhone is still really hard to get into to get to the battery.
sokoloff 4y ago
I’ve swapped around a dozen iPhone batteries for me and family members. While not Lego-easy, there’s nothing complex or particularly difficult about it.
- kennend3 4y ago
  There was a time when it was "lego-easy" to swap the batteries on phones. They had a door that slid open and the battery popped right out.
  - rajamaka 4y ago
    True but it's not really fair to compare a Nokia 3315 to an iPhone on 2022
    - mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y ago
      The Nokia 3315, seriously? That's a pretty ridiculous strawman. Flagship smartphones used to have easily removable batteries too. Like the Samsung Galaxy S3.
    - jonas-w 4y ago
      Non apple phones had this a bit longer which is not as long ago as Nokia phones.
    - heywire 4y ago
      My Galaxy S4 was thinner than my subsequent iPhones, and had an easily removable back and battery. That said, the battery life was pretty bad, so that was a necessity.
AlmostAnyone 4y ago
How do you maintain waterproofness without glue? Not just water resistance - I mean actually having the device survive having it in pocket and swimming with it.
- rasz 4y ago
  screws and gaskets
- simion314 4y ago
  Question, if the glue is there for your purpose you guessed then why is Apple not covering water and liquid damage ? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204104 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204104 The glue must be there for other reasons and probably you should not swim with your phone.
  - sokoloff 4y ago
    Agree that you shouldn’t swim with your phone, but Apple not covering liquid damage is a business decision that doesn’t tell me whether the glue and gaskets serve a valid waterproofing purpose. As someone who has replaced several batteries, I take pains to make sure I put new glue/sticky gaskets back in place when I do it and I do that for waterproofing not to protect Apple’s business.
    - simion314 4y ago
      >Agree that you shouldn’t swim with your phone, but Apple not covering liquid damage is a business decision that doesn’t tell me whether the glue and gaskets serve a valid waterproofing purpose. What will you define as "valid"? Using logic I can only conclude that glue is not used or is not effective for water proofing OR there are as you called "other business decision" involved here. Your alternative means that glue works but Apple uses the water detection stickers to refuse warranty in bad faith, the battery exploded because it was a bad batch => the water sticker is red, sorry no warranty for you! Anyway the phones are not in reality water proof,so this excuse should not be used by fanbous, let Apple lawyers use it, they are actually paid for it and might even know the reason it is used.

robertlagrant 4y ago

How do you get the battery out of the iPhone in the first place? I thought they were sealed?

georgeplusplus 4y ago
Hot air fan to melt the glue.
- robertlagrant 4y ago
  As in the case is also glued? What I'm getting at is: if the battery isn't glued inside the iPhone, but is held some other way, then the iPhone is still really hard to get into to get to the battery.

sokoloff 4y ago

I’ve swapped around a dozen iPhone batteries for me and family members. While not Lego-easy, there’s nothing complex or particularly difficult about it.

kennend3 4y ago
There was a time when it was "lego-easy" to swap the batteries on phones. They had a door that slid open and the battery popped right out.
- rajamaka 4y ago
  True but it's not really fair to compare a Nokia 3315 to an iPhone on 2022
  - mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y ago
    The Nokia 3315, seriously? That's a pretty ridiculous strawman. Flagship smartphones used to have easily removable batteries too. Like the Samsung Galaxy S3.
  - jonas-w 4y ago
    Non apple phones had this a bit longer which is not as long ago as Nokia phones.
  - heywire 4y ago
    My Galaxy S4 was thinner than my subsequent iPhones, and had an easily removable back and battery. That said, the battery life was pretty bad, so that was a necessity.

AlmostAnyone 4y ago

How do you maintain waterproofness without glue? Not just water resistance - I mean actually having the device survive having it in pocket and swimming with it.

rasz 4y ago
screws and gaskets
simion314 4y ago
Question, if the glue is there for your purpose you guessed then why is Apple not covering water and liquid damage ? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204104 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204104 The glue must be there for other reasons and probably you should not swim with your phone.
- sokoloff 4y ago
  Agree that you shouldn’t swim with your phone, but Apple not covering liquid damage is a business decision that doesn’t tell me whether the glue and gaskets serve a valid waterproofing purpose. As someone who has replaced several batteries, I take pains to make sure I put new glue/sticky gaskets back in place when I do it and I do that for waterproofing not to protect Apple’s business.
  - simion314 4y ago
    >Agree that you shouldn’t swim with your phone, but Apple not covering liquid damage is a business decision that doesn’t tell me whether the glue and gaskets serve a valid waterproofing purpose. What will you define as "valid"? Using logic I can only conclude that glue is not used or is not effective for water proofing OR there are as you called "other business decision" involved here. Your alternative means that glue works but Apple uses the water detection stickers to refuse warranty in bad faith, the battery exploded because it was a bad batch => the water sticker is red, sorry no warranty for you! Anyway the phones are not in reality water proof,so this excuse should not be used by fanbous, let Apple lawyers use it, they are actually paid for it and might even know the reason it is used.