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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by ProfessorLayton on Monday July 06, 2026 @01:11PM (#48807577)
Not only that, but if phone batteries were user replaceable, they could be sold in multiple capacities. So people that want "thin" phones can keep their camera protrusions, and the people that want more battery capacity could get a pack that allows the phone to sit flush on a table.

Literally win win win.

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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by rtkwe on Monday July 06, 2026 @01:32PM (#48807869)
You say that like it'd be a simple process to accommodate the different thicknesses of battery..
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by ProfessorLayton on Monday July 06, 2026 @02:07PM (#48808296)
I'm not sure what you're trying to say? The replaceable battery is either thicker, or it isn't. There's not much to accommodate.

This is already a thing for some [dedicated] cameras like the Canon EOS series.

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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by rtkwe on Monday July 06, 2026 @04:12PM (#48809849)
A thicker battery would need a new back built with a hump or standoffs across the whole back to increase the overall thickness to match the new larger battery thickness...
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by ProfessorLayton on Monday July 06, 2026 @04:17PM (#48809920)
Correct. This used to be done before on flip phones, and is still currently being done for dedicated cameras.

This is a solved problem and not an issue.

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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by rtkwe on Monday July 06, 2026 @05:18PM (#48810641)
A modern cell phone is very different from the old flip phones and SLRs/large dedicated camera. Resealing modern phones after upgrades/repairs is one of the harder parts of the whole process with fiddly little sealing glue gaskets to maintain IP ratings.
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by ProfessorLayton on Monday July 06, 2026 @05:45PM (#48810894)
Again, solved problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairphone_6
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by astafrig on Monday July 06, 2026 @08:16PM (#48812170)
'Solved' by having measurably worse ingress protection than leading smartphones?
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by ProfessorLayton on Monday July 06, 2026 @08:56PM (#48812426)
Yes, this is solved. Samsung makes rugged IP68 phones with user swappable batteries that are thinner than an iPhone 17 Pro when factoring the camera bump [1].

It's kind of comical how accurate this comment is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48807174

[1] https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_xcover7-12784.php

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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by astafrig on Saturday July 11, 2026 @07:46PM (#48876931)
My experience with phones like that are that they tend to fall apart when subjected to impact, which is pretty counterproductive to features like, I don’t know, being able to use the phone immediately after an impact (car crash, fall).
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by lesostep on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @05:53AM (#48815630)
Sony Xperia Z solved in 2013: Water jet protected & Waterproof up to 1 meter in 30 minutes
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by spaqin on Monday July 06, 2026 @11:10PM (#48813287)
I've had a HTC HD2 that had exactly that[1] - an extended battery with a bump. It looked silly, but did its job and in daily usage wasn't that big of a deal, actually provided a resting spot for my index finger.

[1] https://www.phonearena.com/news/Extended-battery-with-kick-s...

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