Is it time for 4G phones to forego replaceable batteries?

[KJ78]

In an ideal world I'd like a higher capacity built in battery. However, I would be very unhappy if, for example, I bought a Razr and barely a few months later a version was released with a higher capacity battery. For the real world I'll take a removable battery so I can have multiple batteries, replace old and dying batteries and choose the capacity I want (not what the marketing department thinks I want).

 

[scosch]

I have to agree with Frank on this one. It seems like an absolute no-brainer to say replaceable is better than non-replaceable. Is there any real smartphone user that hasn't worried about their phone dying at some point? Spare batteries completely eliminate that problem. And it's not like the batteries are clunky and annoying. They are very small- I carry 2 spares all the time and completely forget I have them with me.....until I need one! Regardless of the size of a non-replaceable battery, there is nothing that beats the total flexibility of replaceable batteries. Complaining about poor stock battery life is just complaining for the sake of complaining when there is such a cheap and convenient solution.