• Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    that was a thing in the early days. most clamshells had em and a few flat panels (called candybars)

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      26 days ago

      In fairness the removable battery came with a pretty significant tradeoff.

      Water resistance.

      Many would happily take a reduction in water resistance for replaceable batteries, the problem is no one gives us the choice

      EDIT: inaccurate statement. Fairphone offers removable batteries

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        26 days ago

        There are phones that give you this choice. The Fairphones for example. The back cover is easily removable and you can pop out the battery like in the ol’ days. It has an IP55 as far as I know.

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          20 days ago

          That sounds sweet, I’ll consider Fairphone once my current android dies its not so noble death