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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Lithium polymer batteries tend to have odd shapes to fit around the bulkier components and maintain thinness. Some gadgets actually split their batteries into two parts. Non standard all the way.
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Yep. The first iPhone was a miracle. It was truly a leap into "Macintosh in your pocket".
It pales in comparison to today's state of the art....but no phone prior had to do the computing that the iPhone was accomplishing.
But COULD Apple have designed a replaceable battery? Of course. The phone would have needed to be thicker. The batter would need it's own case/shell that a non-user serviceable batter does not need. It would take more space in the phone for the battery, in addition to the battery now being larger. Then there's building in the door/hinge that enables you to get access to the battery.
And all of the iPhone class phones have followed suit....because they had the same engineering challenges that led Apple to making the choice in the first place.