It makes it sound like you don’t care what the downside exactly is, which in turn makes you sound very proselytic and not interested in any discussion. Yes rep

It makes it sound like you don’t care what the downside exactly is, which in turn makes you sound very proselytic and not interested in any discussion. Yes replaceable batteries make your phone thicker, ok. The upside outweighs this downside by a far margin for me. The reason it does not exist is definitely not because people do not want it, it’s because it ensures a higher revenue to smartphone constructors, it is basic capitalism (and I don’t mean capitalism is bad, it just will always tend to maximise profit, it’s its nature) Finally, it is less wasteful to be able to replace components. And to add an anecdote: replacing my battery on my iPhone was so complicated that the apple technician broke the screen (it was replaced free of charge) and it cost me 50% of the residual value of my phone. Wasteful and expensive, in summary. Replaceable batteries would solve this.