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Originally Posted by leebase
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.
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The alternative is to lengthen the phone and add a "chin" to hold a battery.
It would even be a ergonomic and provide a surface for off-screen buttons.
With vertically folding phones coming back we may see something like that since the folded phones will be thicker.
For ereaders the choice is to add a thick spine to hold the battery.
Similar but thicker than the Kindle Oasis.
Quite doable and as a bonus, more grippable.
It's doable but not fashionable.
Any not enough people care.