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> I don't think there is really a market for user-replaceable batteries Why do you think so?

• roenxi 3y ago
  People didn't go crazy buying those Chinese knock-offs. They kept buying phones with the batteries sealed in them. As a gut check, it does make sense people would prefer sturdiness and waterproofing to replaceable batteries and it seems likely that those things pull phone design in opposite directions.
  • omeid2 3y ago
    People don't want to buy knock-offs and given up on Apple support and services, yes, they value that more than replaceable batteries, but if apple did provide replaceable batteries, people would happily pay a premium for it, even for the sake of "quick charge" alone.
    • roenxi 3y ago
      What type of premium and how many people are you estimating? And how? Because Apple doesn't think it is worth the trade offs and they know a thing or two about making well designed phones. I suspect that if you want a phone designed to different tastes, you will have to buy a phone made by someone else. Like the Chinese one under discussion.
      • omeid2 3y ago
        You can simply look at the sale of battery packs and pocket size portable batteries. It is relatively large. > Because Apple doesn't think it is worth the trade offs and they know a thing or two about making well designed phones. That is a flawed way of thinking, apple is interested in optimising profits, not well designed phones, or at least not more than sales and revenue.