▲ 1105 ▼ Why the hell did that stop (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 256 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheSpermWhale@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago (1 child) Coz batteries degrade over time, and this way you’re either forced to buy a new phone, or have to pay to have the battery replaced permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 39 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's also 10x easier to achieve IP67 water resistance with the battery sealed off. Having a removable battery would require more engineering contrary to shareholders' wishes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago This also contributes to the bulk of the device. IIRC, at the time things shifted to sealed designs, Apple and others were competing to make phones as thin, wide, and tall as possible. But that's not really an excuse; we can probably do better nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 39 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's also 10x easier to achieve IP67 water resistance with the battery sealed off. Having a removable battery would require more engineering contrary to shareholders' wishes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago This also contributes to the bulk of the device. IIRC, at the time things shifted to sealed designs, Apple and others were competing to make phones as thin, wide, and tall as possible. But that's not really an excuse; we can probably do better nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago This also contributes to the bulk of the device. IIRC, at the time things shifted to sealed designs, Apple and others were competing to make phones as thin, wide, and tall as possible. But that's not really an excuse; we can probably do better nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent
