A replaceable battery can't boast the same level of stability, meaning that the connection is more likely to be interrupted if the phone is dropped or if a speck of dust finds its way onto the connector. (In 2016, LG tried its luck with a modular phone, the G5, in the waning days of phones with batteries you could remove.
The part about batteries being replaceable goes into force three and a half years after the final vote. What this means is that, in a few short years, any phone sold in Europe will have to be designed so that its battery can be replaced by the person who owns it.
One of the batteries that I used to carry around in case my phone ran out of juice. You see, once upon a time, smartphones had replaceable batteries.
It’s a pity, because a removable battery allows you to swap out batteries easily — that means no time lost charging, and you can quickly ditch degraded batteries. There is a sign of good things to come for removable battery lovers, though.
Increasingly phone manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung and HMD, which makes Nokia phones, are trying to make their devices more easily repairable at home. Since the start of this year, HMD has introduced two phones in which the batteries can be quickly replaced by the owner, although it does require an iFixit toolkit to do so.
It’s convenient when the store where you bought the battery offers to replace it. Even the best batteries run out after some time. It’s perfectly normal – sooner or later this will happen to every battery. But with proper use, you can extend the battery life and make the most of it.