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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by moffkalast on Friday June 16, 2023 @05:37PM (#36364273)
the easiest way is to just separately encapsulate all parts that need to be removable (i.e. the battery + wireless charging coil in one piece and the rest of the phone in the other), and only have the connectors as the exposed pieces. A gasket around those and contacts far enough away from each other for good measure and you're good to go.

Plus the Samsung Active line never needed to go to these extremes to churn out perfectly fine waterproof phones at slightly higher than average prices. And they weren't the only ones with these sort of offerings.

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by xenadu02 on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @07:35PM (#36412274)
That means double the casing which takes up space and adds weight.

I never claimed it was impossible. I'm only pointing out there are far more severe design constraints than a lot of people even understand, yet they confidently proclaim it is both a simple matter of trivial engineering and completely free of consequences.

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