>So it has to be protected against accidents, and that's what the sealed design is for. Sure, it's probably good for planned obsolescence or whatever, but that'

>So it has to be protected against accidents, and that's what the sealed design is for. Sure, it's probably good for planned obsolescence or whatever, but that's a secondary concern. Sorry, but this reasoning that sealing a phone shut is first for water protection is just bs. No mate, it's 100% first and foremost for planned obsolescence justified by other fluff. You know why? Go to your nearest store and pick up a 20-40 $ Casio watch that's 30m-200m water resistant, and check out the mighty innovations that make this happen while allowing you to operate its buttons under water and replace the battery and repair it: tiny rubber gaskets around the steel pushers and between the plastic body and the steel back plate screwed down with 4 screws. That's it. Surely the likes of Apple, who has more money than God and a mastery on cutting edge silicon innovation, can copy this unfathomable innovation from the 20$ Casio F-91W, and engineer a similar gasket solution to mount the back panel on a phone with screws and allow for easily replacement of the battery while staying water resistant. Heck, Samsung already makes a phone with a replaceable battery (like phones had in the old days) just by popping the cover with your fingers, that's also water resistant, also by using a gasket. https://www.samsung.com/us/business/mobile/phones/galaxy-xcover-pro/ https://www.samsung.com/us/business/mobile/phones/galaxy-xco...