BreadWithSpam@fractious.net

nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> writes:
> Larry> <noone@home.com> wrote:
>
>> We COULD do that.....and put in a CHANGEABLE BATTERY so the customer
>> could DECIDE if he wants to swap it!
>
> customers already decided that. most never buy a second battery for
> their cellphones or laptops.

Moreover, there are downsides to building around a swappable
battery. It's not a freebie - the batteries themselves have
to have containers and contacts, etc. The device needs additional
structural support, plus the space for hinges/attachment points,
etc. Removing all that and doing nothing else probably adds at
least 50% more space for batteries, perhaps even twice as much.

So instead of swappable batteries that 99+% of folks never
actually swap out, we get either substantially smaller
devices or devices with substantially greater battery capacity -
advantages that consumers have made *very* clear that they do want.


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