Thread: Why don't E-readers have a Replaceable Battery
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Old 06-04-2020, 02:25 PM   #199
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Originally Posted by 4691mls View Post
I think this is at least the 3rd time I've said this in this thread, but I had a phone purchased three or four years ago that had a removable battery, and somewhere upthread I posted a link to a notice of a new phone coming out in 2020 that was supposed to have one. They're rare but they still exist
And I had posted a link for the thousands of models in the decade. Since your notice of a new phone has literally truth, but to the skimmer it may sound like "just one", I reiterate with a link of the 44 models from 2019 on:
https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php...BatRemovable=1

You posted about the Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro. I wanted instead to make a note about the akin Samsung Galaxy Xcover FieldPro: a very ruggedized device thought for "field professionals" including law enforcement, military, firefighters, medics, etc. Includes clickable hardware buttons and push-to-talk, surrounded by rubber.
"IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins); MIL-STD-810G compliant; DGUV112-139 certified; Emergency PTT key".
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gal...ldpro-9937.php
As it would be extremely normal - if the world still worshiped good sense (which the anglosaxon world should maybe really stop lightly calling "common") - to know that you do not tell a professional "Problem with a battery? See a repairs shop". Once upon a time professionals, or professional profiles, were regarded and explicitly targeted by the market.

It will be the specific mark of this point in history, the disregard of the professional profile.

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But I wanted to post today because of a few-hours-old piece of information, news to me. I was told at a repairs shop that an increasing current trend sees batteries glued to the electronics of the device. Now, as people here that use replaceable batteries may know, if a battery has a troubled history, it inflates - new batteries packs are perfectly flat, old ones may have bellies, have bulges. And the conclusion of the technician is, that in fact, it happens that these devices with a glued battery pack, owing to its physical behaviour, can break: the inflated battery can break the screen, the display. Gravity is not anymore your chief enemy, your chief worry, according to people that daily repair displays.
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