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Kjk, would you be so kind as to name one single advantage that a battery that is not user-replaceable has for a user? It is just the manufacturers who take the easy way out for design and manufacturing, the customer pays through his/her nose when it has to be replaced, and has to deal with shorter battery life. And it would not be difficult to modify any phone/tablet on the market to have a battery that could be exchanged. The same device, but with a battery that you can change yourself --- can you seriously tell me that that wouldn't always be better? As you correctly have pointed out, not all others have joined in. But the virus has already spread, limiting choice for us, and hampering some very nice devices, like the Nokia, you have mentioned. Besides, the battery is just one example.

But we, as consumers, have been trained to accept less and even convinced ourselves that we don't need those things. Functionality is being taken away (but usually the price is not being reduced), and everybody smiles, bends over and says "please give another one". We consumers are asking to be taken for a ride, and yes, other device manufacturers have joined the party, but they didn't start this nonsense. The power of marketing.