• BrikoX@vlemmy.netOP
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    1 year ago

    It has been done more recently to, inclucing water resistance. E.g. Samsung had their flagship Samsung Galaxy S5 series phone with removable battery in 2014.

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      1 year ago

      My 3rd gen Moto G had a removable back and was also water resistant. Though I don’t think it had a removable battery.

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        1 year ago

        The issue here is that people think this is novel due to the way things that have been done recently. It’s not. If a 10 or 5 year phone could do it… your newly released iPhone would probably as well. However, unfortunately, it’s in Apple’s main interest to keep their clientele ‘zealot’ through brand image (people see iphones as a status thing, at least here in Brazil) and planned obsolescence, so they don’t really have to improve the phone or act beneficial towards the consumer.

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      1 year ago

      I remember having an s5 “active” model that had even more water / dust / rugged protection. With the headphone port and removable back cover to change everything. Was a great phone at the time.

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      1 year ago

      It also had an IR blaster you could use to control TV’s and other tech.
      Headphone jack
      Swappable battery
      Expandable memory
      IR blaster
      It was basically the perfect phone