For those unaware yet, I am the author of the over-5000-word article **.
When I was around 8 years old, a children's news channel named Logo! reported printers being deliberately designed to quit functioning properly after a predetermined number of pages.
This idea already sounded repugnant to my 8-year-young brain.
If a device is designed to fail and difficult to repair, it feels like not actually owning it.
In 2010, the iPhone 4 was released. I already heard of iPhones before then, but that was the first time I realized they have non-user-replaceable batteries.
From a Nintendo DS Lite user manual, I already knew batteries only last for a limited number of recharging cycles until they lose their ability to output power and store energy.
And what has it come to a decade later? Mobile phones with user-replaceable batteries have been fully usurped.
The few remaining ones with replaceable batteries such as the Galaxy Xcover Pro have low-tier technical specifications such as the same resolution and frame rate for video recording as the 2011 Galaxy S2: 1080p@30fps.
For those unaware yet, I am the author of the over-5000-word article *[Benefits of user-replaceable batteries](https://en.EverybodyWiki.com/Benefits_of_user-replaceable_batteries)*.
When I was around 8 years old, a children's news channel named *Logo!* reported printers being deliberately designed to quit functioning properly after a predetermined number of pages.
This idea already sounded repugnant to my 8-year-young brain.
If a device is designed to fail and difficult to repair, it feels like not actually owning it.
In 2010, the iPhone 4 was released. I already heard of iPhones before then, but that was the first time I realized they have non-user-replaceable batteries.
From a Nintendo DS Lite user manual, I already knew batteries only last for a limited number of recharging cycles until they lose their ability to output power and store energy.
And what has it come to a decade later? Mobile phones with user-replaceable batteries have been fully usurped.
The few remaining ones with replaceable batteries such as the Galaxy Xcover Pro have low-tier technical specifications such as the same resolution and frame rate for video recording as the 2011 Galaxy S2: 1080p@30fps.
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