[drzaiusapelord]

Because modern smartphones, unlike your Nokia, work batteries very hard. They discharge more, get charged more often, have more capacity, have less room in the case for cooling, run hot in general, etc.

I don't think its controversial to say that 3 year old phones may start having problems. If this was the new Nexus 6, yes, then there would be a lot of concern, but telling me a budget phone from 2012 is having battery problems in 2015 really isn't saying much.

tldr; the Nexus 4 has a 1 year warranty for a reason.

[studentrob]

Typing on an n4 here..

I find it unacceptable that the phone's life is now limited by the battery. Where can you buy a new n4 battery now? Nowhere.. Yet the rest of my hardware is fine

At the time of purchasing the n4, I had tried to find another decent smart phone with a replaceable battery but didn't find anything suitable. My next phone won't be with Google and I'll instead be looking for something whose replacement battery will still be around, manufactured and not out of date in 3+ years (a guy can dream)

[dpark]

> Where can you buy a new n4 battery now? Nowhere.

I see a bunch listed on Amazon and eBay. Some of the ones on Amazon have reviews indicating that they are used, but not all of them. You can probably find a new one if you look for it.

[studentrob]

Many are out of date...

And, what I mean is, given that both consumer and company know that the phone's life would be longer with a new battery, why do they refuse to offer replacements? Phones are fast enough and featured enough for me now. If someone made a decent one with replaceable battery that will be on the market for awhile I'd throw money at them