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FWIW, my old iPhone 7 started to have a bulging battery. It started pushing on the screen, which started separating from the case. Since I could see the innards

FWIW, my old iPhone 7 started to have a bulging battery. It started pushing on the screen, which started separating from the case. Since I could see the innards, that thing was probably no longer waterproof. I'd have to take it in for service, and I'm not certain that they guarantee its water tightness after a repair. Contrast this to my Galaxy S5. When the battery started bulging, I changed it with a new one, and I was back to the races. Bonus points for the whole ordeal taking 5 minutes to go in the store, grab the battery, pay, and replace it. Compared to the circus that was apple's certified repair shop, which didn't quite understand how appointments work, and took 6 hours to replace the battery.

scarface_74 3y ago
People always bring up the s5 and leave out the part that is only water proof if the cover is over the ports and if you make absolutely sure that the battery cover is on correctly.
- amlib 3y ago
  Having replaceable batteries doesn't require phones to be built exactly like they were 15 years ago. It's more about the battery being a few easy steps away from being replaced rather than the current situation where you need a bunch of exoteric tools, lots of patience and disassembling about 80% of the phone just to get there. And then requiring even more steps in a potentially dangerous process to unglue it. And by "easy steps" I mean not necessarily something that anyone could do with their own hands in 10 seconds (like the old phones), but at least something you could do with your own tools (standard COMMON screwdrivers and so on..) at your leisure within 10 minutes without having any prior practice, just following a simple guide. They CAN design something like this that also meets all the size, weight, cost, safety and water proofness characteristics of the current phones. They just don't chose to, either for lack of incentives (our competitors won't do it, why should we?) or just because they want to profit as much as they can on the back of their customers who know no better and has no way defend from this racket.

scarface_74 3y ago

People always bring up the s5 and leave out the part that is only water proof if the cover is over the ports and if you make absolutely sure that the battery cover is on correctly.

amlib 3y ago
Having replaceable batteries doesn't require phones to be built exactly like they were 15 years ago. It's more about the battery being a few easy steps away from being replaced rather than the current situation where you need a bunch of exoteric tools, lots of patience and disassembling about 80% of the phone just to get there. And then requiring even more steps in a potentially dangerous process to unglue it. And by "easy steps" I mean not necessarily something that anyone could do with their own hands in 10 seconds (like the old phones), but at least something you could do with your own tools (standard COMMON screwdrivers and so on..) at your leisure within 10 minutes without having any prior practice, just following a simple guide. They CAN design something like this that also meets all the size, weight, cost, safety and water proofness characteristics of the current phones. They just don't chose to, either for lack of incentives (our competitors won't do it, why should we?) or just because they want to profit as much as they can on the back of their customers who know no better and has no way defend from this racket.