I carry 4 or 5 spare batteries with me when I travel, often changing to the 4th one at the end of a typical day. I travel a great deal for my work and carry several charging devices that are sprinkled around my hotel room overnight. Typically, whether the spare is OEM or not, I get about a year of good use out of them before they compress to 30% of their original charge life. I'm very worried that if I now succumb to the inevitable trend toward non-replaceable batteries scheme, the thing I'll be throwing away after a year is the entire $700 phone rather than the $35 battery. Someone tell me I'm worried for no reason, please. I can't be the only one with this issue.
FOLLOW UP. At least in Chrome, there is not obvious place to respond to someone's follow-up question. So I backed up to place it here!
I mean once the battery compresses to the point of allowing very short periods of function between charges, as happens to all batteries. Another way of asking my question is this: For those heavy users who have had large-format smartphones of any ilk for longer than 2 years, how is the fixed internal battery functioning and do you wish you had the means to change it out yourself?
FOLLOW UP. At least in Chrome, there is not obvious place to respond to someone's follow-up question. So I backed up to place it here!
I mean once the battery compresses to the point of allowing very short periods of function between charges, as happens to all batteries. Another way of asking my question is this: For those heavy users who have had large-format smartphones of any ilk for longer than 2 years, how is the fixed internal battery functioning and do you wish you had the means to change it out yourself?
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