Overwhelmingly Yes, and perhaps no. Yes it's crazy hard to do it non-destructively for many smartphones as a normal user. The same way it's just hell to replac

Overwhelmingly Yes, and perhaps no. Yes it's crazy hard to do it non-destructively for many smartphones as a normal user. The same way it's just hell to replace the batteries sometimes (still remember the 52 steps process for the previous gen iPad pros). No in that normal users should also not store a trove of past smartphones (or any electronic device) if they can't remove the battery, so the only people that should have this problem are iFixit grade tinkerers, for whom 50+ steps of disassembly should be fine. That could be another angle on "why should I care about battery accessibility in my phone" ?