Yeah, I had a old Samsung that still had a swappable battery. I used that thing for far longer than most people are willing to use a phone.
In a strange way I kind of get the not-user-replicable part for some things but for a fucking battery? Im also the type (and I did this when I was a 'starving college kid') that I would buy broken stuff on ebay and fix it myself to use or re-sell (only really to friends though and not for more than a little over the fix cost).
Sure, user serviceable parts make it harder to water-proof a phone.. But Im not a fucking moron and don't take my phone with me on the river/lake/etc. If I did, it would be in a water-proof floating case.
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