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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
It's called planned obsolescence. I couldn't say for sure that a non-user replaceable battery was designed with that in mind (my guess would be that it shaves a few pennies off their costs), I'm sure they don't mind the side benefit. |
A battery compartment is not going to add a significant cost. You just open the compartment, remove the connector from the pins, put the new connector on the pins, put the batter in the slot, put the cover back on and go.