Comments on: Friday Night Fights: Should The iPhone Allow You To Easily Swap Batteries? [Feature]

By: Peter Dudycz

Peter Dudycz — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:50:00 +0000

Pull out battery easy = Easier to steal and resell.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:25:00 +0000

Why should i weaken the weaken structure of a user-replaceable-battery-mechanism everytime i have to change the battery? and if i have to put the naked cells into an enclosure, why isnt an external batterypack which is made for traveling around better than naked cells?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:47:00 +0000

An external backup battery is a much better option, why? I can use it with any phone so if I switch I can still use it, where as removable batteries are proprietary to each phone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:41:00 +0000

“…compromise both the design and build quality of a device.” But making the iPhone out glass doesn’t compromise the build quality of the device? Not the greatest answer if you ask me.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:53:00 +0000

Except when my iOS 5 drains my battery faster than you can say “iPOS is DEAD AGAIN”. I would give anything for a removable battery in my iPhone 4S cause battery Sux… I think that’s what the S stands for…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:14:00 +0000

Given the relative sizes you should a battery with swappable phone electronics.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:53:00 +0000

You wouldn’t be carrying around unprotected cells. They would be put in some kind of casing for that purpose. Plus there would have to be some kind of internal bracket to holding the battery. So yes as you say it would take up space in the phone that could be used for the battery. OR it would mean making the phone larger to have more room for the same battery and those bits.

By: Paul E

Paul E — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:34:00 +0000

I brought my two and a half year old iPhone to the apple store and asked them to replace the battery. I dropped that phone a thousand times so was in a really bad condition with gaps between bezel and back cover and scratches and everything. They replaced the whole phone for free. No more scratches, no more gaps no broken buttons.

Since that I am totally into those unswappable batteries.

By: AaronD12

AaronD12 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:09:00 +0000

Motorola’s new RAZR doesn’t have removable batteries. Obviously Apple got something right.

By: Njideka Okafor

Njideka Okafor — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:10:00 +0000

I’m thinking non-removable back up battery. Probably a micro-cell. For when the primary cells run out. You can swap without turning off your phone or breaking a call.