They are replacable. It’s cheap to replace them. They just don’t have a user accessible hatch.
I wouldn’t want to have a battery hatch and perhaps worse water sealing, just so I could change a battery myself instead of paying $20 for it once in the lifetime of a phone that is maybe $500 to $1500 to buy!
Sure if it came at no cost in terms of size, weight, price, waterproofing etc then sure. But otherwise I’d rather just pay the cheap replacement once after 2-3 years.
If people throw away their phones because the battery has gone bad, I think it’s because they think it’ll be expensive or impossible to change it.
I wouldn’t want to have a battery hatch and perhaps worse water sealing, just so I could change a battery myself instead of paying $20 for it once in the lifetime of a phone that is maybe $500 to $1500 to buy!
Sure if it came at no cost in terms of size, weight, price, waterproofing etc then sure. But otherwise I’d rather just pay the cheap replacement once after 2-3 years.
If people throw away their phones because the battery has gone bad, I think it’s because they think it’ll be expensive or impossible to change it.