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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by benhurmarcel on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:57AM (#26696753)
Changing the battery is an operation that you likely only do once in the phone's lifetime. It doesn't make sense to have design constraints just to make that operation super-quick.

Currently it takes an hour at most to do at any repair shop. It's good enough. What matters is that it's possible for a reasonable price.

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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by Macha on Monday April 05, 2021 @06:09AM (#26697147)
€100 for labour, €50-80 for parts, now it suddenly only makes sense for high end phones
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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by benhurmarcel on Monday April 05, 2021 @02:26PM (#26702668)
In practice it already costs about half that price.
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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by acdha on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:24AM (#26699371)
That’s considerably more expensive than Apple’s $50/$70 flat rate pricing.
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