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minus-squareEinar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThey had waterproof smartphones before this idiocy of non-replacable batteries. Ten years ago! Just some examples: Sony Xperia Active (2011) Samsung Galaxy S5 (2014) Today’s smartphones are built cheap. Sadly. Louis Rossmam explains this well.
minus-squareGaryPonderosa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWaterproofing was more difficult with replaceable batteries. It was a feature you paid extra for.
minus-square2ZR_FXE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoWas it? So many years have passed since that phone came out. Manufacturers had more than enough time to do something right besides just being water resistant.
minus-squareGaryPonderosa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes, it was. A piece that is removable by nature does not seal as well as one that is.
They had waterproof smartphones before this idiocy of non-replacable batteries. Ten years ago!
Just some examples:
Sony Xperia Active (2011)
Samsung Galaxy S5 (2014)
Today’s smartphones are built cheap. Sadly. Louis Rossmam explains this well.
Waterproofing was more difficult with replaceable batteries. It was a feature you paid extra for.
Was it?
So many years have passed since that phone came out.
Manufacturers had more than enough time to do something right besides just being water resistant.
Yes, it was. A piece that is removable by nature does not seal as well as one that is.