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Originally Posted by Barcey
For me personally the user replaceable battery is much more important then the 4mm savings in the thickness of the case. I never use the device without a case and that adds a lot more then 4mm. The thickness isn't an issue.
Batteries do die and things like temperature extremes can kill them early. I know one person who's Cybook battery died and had to be replaced. The incremental cost to design a case that would allow the battery to be replaced is much cheaper then the waste of throwing away the entire device or having to send it somewhere for service.
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For me 4mm is a lot.
A faulty battery that has to be replaced directly is comparable to any other faulty component that you have to send the device away for so a faulty battery is not a good argument.
A replaceable battery add problems also. The battery cover can break (as it did for my Cybook).
And even if you assume that the battery only lasts 2 years it seems to me that with the expected development you would want to buy a new device in 2 years. And for the few people that actually need to replace a battery in 2 years there will exists ways to do it.