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While I haven't worked on phones, I have worked on tablets and e-readers. I can say that the discussions have always been around cost, ID, waterproofing, table

While I haven't worked on phones, I have worked on tablets and e-readers. I can say that the discussions have always been around cost, ID, waterproofing, tablet thickness in the design stage. I don't think it's a stretch to say the same design considerations are at work in cell phones. I've worked with the ID and battery teams (who also worked on phones). There was never even a hint of being pushed to non-replaceable batteries from "higher up" for "reasons". Instead, it was product specs / design parameters that drove the choice.

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> There was never even a hint of being pushed to non-replaceable batteries from "higher up" for "reasons". Instead, it was product specs / design parameters that drove the choice. Cynically, we should be so lucky to have such crudely overt messaging. I would expect the reasons to take the form of specs and design parameters and not be so blunt. The NSA has done just that in the past. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/09/the-nsas-work-to-make-crypto-worse-and-better/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/09/the-n...