New Iphone --- Apple or Other?
Sorry, a kind of Chevy/Dodge/Ford question, but will have to invest a lot of my limited brainpower to learn whichever one I get, so any advice? I'm reading where Tim Cook is no Steve Jobs and that ...
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Naio wrote:bwanshoom wrote:Naio wrote:Replaceable batteries are not an Android feature. Some phones that run Android support replaceable batteries and some do not. Even within manufacturers they have some that do and some that don't. The recent trend is away from replaceable batteries among Android handset manufacturers.
With Android, a new battery costs 99 cents including shipping, and you just pop off the cover and stick it in. For boondocking, you can carry spare batteries if you want to -- or spend another 99 cents for a car charger.
I have only once seen a late-model android phone where you could not replace the battery. The newest have gone back to replaceable. Probably due to user demand!
I strongly disagree. Here are the current and next to current flagships models of several manufacturers, all with non-removable batteries. In fact, only LG seems to have removable batteries.
Samsung Galaxy S6
Samsung Note 5
Motorola Droid MAXX 2
Motorola Droid Turbo 2
Motorola X Play
HTC One M9
HTC One M8
Sony XPeria Z4
Sony XPeria Z5
