[jmull]

> It costs those manufacturers next to nothing to make the battery replaceable.

Are you sure about that? I notice Apple charges $99 for, e.g., an iPhone 15 battery replacement, not $150. And iFixit charges $44 for an iPhone 15 battery, not $15 (not to mention, a user-replaceable one would need changes, like a case, which would tend to make them more expensive). I wonder if you have an understanding of the cost to phones in terms of price and/or loss of other features to make their batteries user-replaceable without tools.

> Its get the S7 without, or screw you - get a worse phone.

Yep. But it’s not to screw you. It’s because they can’t create that phone with the replaceable battery you want, not without making it worse and/or more expensive.

[bmicraft]

Non authenticc, organically sourced, non-gmo Apple(R) batteries cost way less than 44$