I went through my late teens as the initial smart phone boom was happening. I had a Motorola q that could get TV channels and had a keyboard. I had the enV that flipped open. And many androids/blackberries that I loved for their unique form factor and functionality.
I have never balked at spending money on a phone and for a long time i felt locked into generic flagship devices. With the debut of folding screens I feel like my appetite for unique devices rekindled. I think the power of android lies in its diversity of implementation.
So what features and functionalities would you choose over the next flagship release?
Yeah, the cheap way for it too be replaced is for me to buy a new battery, pop off the back, and change it. Even a screw-on back would be fine if people were concerned about the cover popping open etc, and they’ve already done devices with removable batteries that were IP67 rated (not waterproof, but also not going to get wrecked with brief exposure).
There’s no reason this needs to be a difficult thing, and I don’t really see any benefit to not doing so other than planned obselescence
I guess we’ll just have to disagree on that. I just don’t see a huge benefit in it and there are downsides (needed space, thus something else has to give) which I value higher.
Space? There’s really not any reason a removable battery needs to take up more space than otherwise if the phone is designed well.
It doesn’t need to be pop-in/out just replaceable without being glued in place and not underneath a glued chassis.
I’m not an expert, but the batteries in my older phones that were replaceable all had some plastic case and a bulkier connector than just the foil of the glued in types these days. And screws and reusable non glued gaskets also take some space. I guess we’ll see how big the difference actually is, but I can’t see how there won’t be any at all.