[vladvasiliu]

>Modern phones are smaller, need to be more water proof, stuffed to an unimaginable degree with components -- and modern batteries last a really long time.

This argument always comes up when talking about replaceable smartphone batteries and headphone jacks. But Samsung had waterproof phones before Apple, and they still had replaceable batteries and, gasp a headphone jack.

I actually had a Galaxy S5 which I used as a GPS attached to my motorcycle's handlebars under heavy rain. It never skipped a beat. The only problem I had was that raindrops on the screen made it difficult to see the map. It was also thinner than the iPhone 7 which replaced it. Now I have an iPhone 14 pro which is even thicker than the 7.

I also had to replace the battery on that iPhone 7, which was an unbelievable PITA. Had to stand in line to talk to the service person even though I had an appointment, go away for a few hours, come back, stand in line again to pick up my phone. Fuck that. I'd much rather go to some store, buy a new battery, and replace it in less than one minute, on my terms.

So, yeah, pardon my French, but these tired arguments are just bullshit. There is prior art that proves them wrong.

[protimewaster]

> Samsung had waterproof phones before Apple, and they still had replaceable batteries and, gasp a headphone jack.

Also, Apple (and I assume others) were building stuff with non-replaceable batteries before they were building stuff that was waterproof. Clearly they're not sealed off in order to make them waterproof, because they were sealed off back when they weren't waterproof too.

[lyu07282]

Yeah, we have ultrasonic fingerprint sensors underneath displays, infrared structured light cameras, periscope telescopic lenses, foldable displays, computational photography, ... The mobile 5G infrastructure uses beam forming arrays ffs! and they want to tell us they can't make the battery replaceable??? Bullshit