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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
 Another non-user-rerplaceable battery!?!  Oh, come on! I'm sorry, but there is no reason for any portable consumer electronic device to have a non-user-replaceable battery. And unless I can get it serviced at every local Starbucks (which I figure are more likely to survive, long term, than B&N), I want nothing to do with that. (Walks away, shaking head in amazement...) |
I am curious what is the design philosophy of manufacturers such as Amazon, Apple and now B/N to adopt non-user replaceable battery. Is this to enable a cheaper or lighter design or they are betting on the user to just toss the gadget out when the battery dies? It should be noted that gadgets are being obsolete at an alarming rate. The darling gadget last year becomes a dinosaur today.
When this question of non-user replacement battery came up on the kindle and iPad, based on the advice of some expert members and the teardown of the 2 devices, the user can still unscrew the back cover, remove the battery and replace it. Compared to a back cover that is designed to be removable, a screwed down back cover is not as user friendly or convenient.
I don't think the local Starbucks can help anyone service any device. Starbucks had a rough year too and they have been closing excessive stores. All Brick and Mortar stores such as B&N, Borders and Best Buy are doing very poorly due to internet competition. B&N and Borders stores are closing and will all close since people llike having a good time just hanging out there like a library, preview books at leisure for free and then order it from the internet. B&N, Borders and all physical local bookstores will cease to exist in their present form someday; if their ebook model is successful, they'll just morph into another internet company. Yes, we might still have Starbucks or Pinkberry to hangout and enjoy our ebooks from our e-device ordered online from e-companies Amazon, buy.com and B&N.