Review: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini for Sprint
"On the bright side, you can swap batteries if you need to"
This is definitely a bright side.
While my friend's HTC One is still under defect warranty, he could've easily spent up to $175 deductable if the battery had died outside the warranty. He asked me who's bright idea it was to seal the battery? He has been playing tether with an electrical outlet for the last two months.
I really hope this trend is just a pie throwing contest with manufacturers. People are slowly seeing my point that when you pay good money for a device, it shouldn't have the potential to be rendered useless due to a failed battery.
I'm on a quest to litter the web with this argument. So, excuse my continued rant.
John B.
While my friend's HTC One is still under defect warranty, he could've easily spent up to $175 deductable if the battery had died outside the warranty. He asked me who's bright idea it was to seal the battery? He has been playing tether with an electrical outlet for the last two months.
I really hope this trend is just a pie throwing contest with manufacturers. People are slowly seeing my point that when you pay good money for a device, it shouldn't have the potential to be rendered useless due to a failed battery.
I'm on a quest to litter the web with this argument. So, excuse my continued rant.
John B.
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Keep at it. Don't excuse yourself.
I too aim to make people understand that a sealed battery is not a good idea. Even less for a "premium" device.
Though it will be extremely difficult to make manufacturers/carriers change this due to the profit they're making out of it (as some phones specs are suggested by carriers), if all consumers keep strong and demand such features, eventually phone manufacturers/carriers will have to cease.
I too aim to make people understand that a sealed battery is not a good idea. Even less for a "premium" device.
Though it will be extremely difficult to make manufacturers/carriers change this due to the profit they're making out of it (as some phones specs are suggested by carriers), if all consumers keep strong and demand such features, eventually phone manufacturers/carriers will have to cease.
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I've seen you make this argument many many times before, and it always rings true. If one manufacturer can make a super high end device with a removable battery, any manufacturer can. This is a situation where I personally would not even consider buying a device unless it has both a micro SD card slot, and a removable battery.
I would go for a slightly lower end device if it did offer that over a higher end device that did. I would also be willing to pay more for like-devices if one offered this and one did not.
A sealed battery and no memory card slow just make no sense to me at all. You are limiting your device's life based on something that wears out and often has secondary problems, that you should be able to easily remove and...
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I would go for a slightly lower end device if it did offer that over a higher end device that did. I would also be willing to pay more for like-devices if one offered this and one did not.
A sealed battery and no memory card slow just make no sense to me at all. You are limiting your device's life based on something that wears out and often has secondary problems, that you should be able to easily remove and...
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That is exactly my point.
A higher end device should have the ability for the consumer to grow into it. Not throw it away. It makes no sense to me that a consumer has the ability to purchase a lower end device and be able to augment it and tailor it to certain needs as in adding memory or replacing a worn battery.
It never serves the industry's consumer to charge them more for a "premium" device, only to have them limited in sustainability of longevity. I concur that I would pay more for a device knowing that it has the potential to grow with my needs over time. This was the factor when I purchased a Samsung. 16 gigs of onboard RAM yet I can expand when needed. And if the battery wears, I can purchase a new one for 25-35 dollars and ...
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A higher end device should have the ability for the consumer to grow into it. Not throw it away. It makes no sense to me that a consumer has the ability to purchase a lower end device and be able to augment it and tailor it to certain needs as in adding memory or replacing a worn battery.
It never serves the industry's consumer to charge them more for a "premium" device, only to have them limited in sustainability of longevity. I concur that I would pay more for a device knowing that it has the potential to grow with my needs over time. This was the factor when I purchased a Samsung. 16 gigs of onboard RAM yet I can expand when needed. And if the battery wears, I can purchase a new one for 25-35 dollars and ...
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