[lolinder]

Screens yes, battery no.

Or at least changing batteries used to be mainstream. Anyone born before the year 2000 should not be at all intimidated by changing a battery. I can't speak for Gen Z, it's possible they've lost that skill.

[jorvi]

Replacing the battery used to be just popping off the back cover, sliding out the battery then sliding in a new one.

These days it’s a perilous task that requires multiple spudgers and picks, a screen heater, finger acrobatics to make sure you don’t slash or rip any fragile cables, and then you have to wrestle the battery from its adhesive coffin.

[lolinder]

Right, but Nokia supposedly fixed that with this phone.

[angry_octet]

It's just very expensive. If it becomes affordable they will do it.

I remember having spare batteries for my Motorola, and an external battery charger, because charging via the built in would take ages.

[dlhavema]

I remember my Old Samsung's and HTC thunderbolt all have replaceable batteries, as well as the Motorola Droid which was super cool..

Not going to these were the early ones. I think starting with the S8 or so they stopped letting you replace the battery. I'm on pixels now. And my Pixel 6 doesn't have a replaceable battery...