Non-removable batteries

[Skeithex]

What are your thoughts on devices which you can't remove batteries from?

[froggyboy604]

Non-removable batteries are annoying to own especially on handheld game consoles where you maybe owning the same handheld console for many years after the game console got discontinued.

[Skeithex]

They can be annoying, instead of paying and simply swamping it out, you have to pay someone to put in a new one.

[froggyboy604]

Sometimes the replacement battery maybe hard to find unlike AA and AAA batteries which are available at most stores including grocery and department stores.

[Skeithex]

As long as its not too old, its easy to find. Just sad most phones are going this way.

[froggyboy604]

It maybe harder to find batteries for less popular devices made by smaller brands. I agree, it is too bad that phones don't have easily replaceable batteries. I hope batteries will not be attached to the circuit board with lead solder like how a phone's RAM, and CPU on phones are attached to the circuit board with lead solder, so you need to use a very hot heatgun to melt off the lead solder for replacing batteries.

[Skeithex]

I know they made them non-removable because they were a popular method in rooting a phone by quickly killing power.