Tell me you were honestly expecting an online discussion to go the way you wanted.
I had no expectations of any particular direction for the dialog. I started it to see if the concept had some traction, not to steer it or reinforce my beliefs. I did expect a somewhat more rational discussion, though. But no matter.... i asked and the group has spoken and there seems to be zero interest among you in a return to replaceable batteries. Less than zero, actually. I will admit, that was a surprise.
There were some who behaved more "rationally", I guess, but still came up with the same answer -- "No" -- as people who used harsher words.
In my experience and as highlighted here, the engineering compromises for user replaceable batteries are simply not worth it. And then there is the cost factor, in order to reduce the engineering compromises to a bare minimum the chances are that any such batteries are highly bespoke in shape and specifications. As such the cost benefit of manufacturing, distributing, stocking and dealing with returns of a large variety of shapes and sizes just doesn’t make any logical sense. Producing and retailing an official version wouldn’t be less than $79 in my estimate. As another point that hasn’t been taken into consideration is that most people never have actually changed their battery.
Because I'm wanting a replaceable battery with my note 8. My phone lasts long enough for my use for daily use unless I'm using something like Google maps for nav or watching videoI said I was done with this discussion but I had to drop back in and answer this logic. For some reason I stopped getting Email notifications and didn't realize this thread had continued.
No, my iPhone SE is the FIRST iPhone I have owned. I bought it because I wanted a smaller form factor phone than was available in the Android world and at $149 was too good to pass up. I like the build quality and hope to get a couple years minimum out of it before I choose to upgrade.... either due to diminished battery life or desired new features. I also chose the SE because if I ever do need to replace the embedded battery it does not look that difficult.
You all missed my point re: replaceable batteries..... it has NOTHING AT ALL to do with wanting to be able to swap on the go for longer run time. I find the run time (with a new battery, at least) on the SE (as well as my Android and Windows phones) is better than I was hoping for and is very acceptable.
What I want is the ability to replace the battery.... the ONLY life limited component in my phone.... when the performance drops below whatever I determine to be my personal minimum. Yes, you can do that with an iPhone but $79 to have Apple do it is a LOT higher than what it would be if the battery was simply considered a spare part and user replaceable.
As for all the assumed negative trade offs to return to user replaceable batteries...... go ahead and believe what you want. If you don't believe it is possible to design a water resistant phone with a replaceable battery, I probably can't change your mind. If you are happy with non-replaceable batteries, that's fine too. I only started this thread in response to the multitude of complaints about phone performance degradation due to degraded batteries. Making them replaceable would make all of that go away and it seemed a logical time to bring it up. If you don't agree, fine.
Sorry if I bothered you all.... I'm a retired engineer and by nature I'm kinda hardwired to identify and solve problemsReturning to replaceable batteries and retaining things like water resistance is very possible so it seemed natural to bring it up. I'm real sorry I did
Paul
If you haven't got a point where you can top it up or plug it in for navigational use like the cigarette lighter in a car or build in USB...then the wide variety of battery packs are really useful since you don't have to switch off your device like with changing a battery and can continue to use it...
Yeah, that's the hilarious part. Unless they are all trolls.
This whole battery “issue” is a gold mine for trolls. Apple did respond with a reasonable solution aka lowered battery replacement cost.Yeah, that's the hilarious part. Unless they are all trolls.
Given a choice, I prefer that just one manufacturer has control -- and, therefore, a responsibility to maintain -- the product I'm using.
I guess you didn't hear about the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco? The whole thing would have been a minor issue if they could have just mailed out replacement batteries to everyone. Instead, they ended up having to recall an entire generation of their flagship phone.
