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by mixedCase 3582 days ago
I might have actually have bought one in the first place. I don't buy any phone I can't get a replaceable, extended battery for.

I'm still rocking a Galaxy S3 with a Hyperion 7000mAh battery which easily lasts 3 days without recharging and am only looking to replace it because I got the international version, with no LTE and only 1GB of RAM. If I had gotten the South Korean version I would keep on using it until it broke.
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vthallam 3582 days ago
Didn't knew until today that there are 7000 mAh batteries which can fit in samsung phones, interesting. Why do you think the companies are not going for these kind of batteries in the first place?
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mixedCase 3582 days ago
Fashion, mostly. Skinny jeans and thick smartphones are a problem.

Also the mentality that thinner==better being mainstream.

What boggles my mind is companies like LG, who offer phones with replaceable batteries not selling their own high-capacity batteries. Maybe they fear people will see someone with the extended battery and believe that is the regular phone?

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