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Originally Posted by doppler
They could have just designed the phones so that it's easy to take the back of for a DIY battery replacement, like the old phones used to have as standard.
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Two reasons I can see:
1. We have a race to make the phone thinner and thinner. Replaceable battery will make the phone fatter.
2. It cuts the profits. Why sell the battery for $20 if you can replace the battery for $100 (arbitrary figures).