Roman0EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk!
booI do miss being able to swap out a phone battery and this will certainly be a step in the right direction in terms ewaste and device longevity.
One thing that I wonder about is waterproofing or water resistance. Some phones are basically waterproof in shallow water. How achievable is this with a device with a trivial way to remove the battery?
EyesInTheBoatIt worked really well on my Galaxy S5. IP67 and easy enough to replace the battery on without tools. They'd just have to switch out the back for something not glass probably on modern phones.
That is good to hear. Do they have some sort of rubber gasket inside?
That's exactly it, gasket around the inside but not where it would get damaged. It was a pretty slick solution.