Why will removable batteries hardly return to smartphones?

The tech world believes that not allowing users to replace their own batteries will limit the lifespan of smartphones. Although this opinion has many supporters, over time it has gradually become meaningless.

The need for removable batteries is gradually being forgotten by smartphone consumers.

According to Counterpoint Research data, most people said they changed their phones due to battery problems, followed by a broken screen. However, this data is from 2017, when smartphones and batteries were quite different. Today's top-end smartphones have batteries that last for about three years without losing a significant amount of capacity. This fits with the consumer habit of changing smartphones every three years.

But even if someone doesn’t want to replace the entire phone, they can still easily go to the service provider and replace the battery. However, replacing the battery may solve the underlying problems of an old battery, but it won’t change the fact that a 3-year-old smartphone is often not a good support device for the user’s work and usage habits.

Many might argue that the latest Galaxy and Pixel phones have seven years of software support, including OS updates. However, none of these updates will include all the new features on models three or four years old, which stems from the hardware, not the battery. Hardware is also a major reason why budget smartphones don’t perform well after a few software updates. By the time the battery is no longer usable, most people will be attracted to the newer features and better performance of the new smartphone.

Adding removable batteries to most modern smartphones would require drastic design changes that would not please users. For example, no one wants a metal and glass smartphone to have to change back to plastic just to have a removable battery.

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