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harrytuttle | 12 years ago

Glue: technology shared with a $1000 and a $5 device but none in between.

I've just replaced the battery on my Lumia 820 after 9 months. They don't last forever. Glue is inexcusable. If they had a half decent mechanical design, foam pads would secure it in place when the device was assembled and allow replacement.

I'd probably buy new Apple products if they weren't held together with glue. I'm not investing lots of money in something intended to be disposable. My last MBP (2010) was at least servicable. Now replaced with Lenovo kit as it's possible to strip it down and replace anything.

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Steko|12 years ago

"replaced with Lenovo kit as it's possible to strip it down and replace anything."

Spoiler Alert: Lenovo Ultrabooks have glued in batteries. In fact the Ultrabooks from almost every company (HP, Samsung, Dell, Toshiba, Asus, Lenovo, Acer) have glued in batteries. This is because glued in batteries are a useful innovation.

harrytuttle|12 years ago

Yeah I know that. I buy T-series. No glue.

They're not a useful innovation - they are an abhorrent consumerist "disposalism" decision to pump sales, a safety nightmare (isolate it? nope), purely a cost cutting exercise for the manufacturer and make it even harder to recycle the nasty chemicals.

Don't give me the shit about it allowing smaller devices to be made either. You can make smaller devices with removable batteries fine.

I'm a qualified EE for ref.

MHordecki|12 years ago

> This is because glued in batteries are a useful innovation.

Please explain (I'm honestly curious, having no experience in EE).

swombat|12 years ago

I've just replaced the battery on my Lumia 820 after 9 months. They don't last forever. Glue is inexcusable. If they had a half decent mechanical design, foam pads would secure it in place when the device was assembled and allow replacement.

I've had a 4S for two years and have not noticed any problems with battery.

Perhaps the problem is the crap battery that goes bad after 9 months, rather than the way it's attached.

Glue is perfectly fine by me - and by most people apparently.

harrytuttle|12 years ago

Not all batteries are made equal which is the problem.

We have 25 people with Lumia 820's that are fine. I just got a bad battery.

adestefan|12 years ago

Foam is a really good insulator; lithium-ion battery abhor heat. Foam holding in batteries is not a good idea.