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by SixSigma 3772 days ago
Except now, three years later my battery life is less than a working day and I can't swap it out without hot gunning the case.

The rest of my phone is perfectly fine but I can either keep it tethered to the wall or scrap it. That said, it would be dead already because I did drop it in water and the waterproof case saved it :)

> This means that batteries of mobile phones, or other hand-held devices in daily use, are not expected to last longer than three years. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#Battery_li...