It’s more expensive to waterproof a phone with a removable battery. Yes, there were phones from the 2010s that were waterproof and had removable batteries, but that was a feature you had to pay extra for.
And phones are currently the most expensive they’ve ever been, even adjusted to inflation. Waterproofing with replacable batteries would barely dent the price, especially after a few years.
I highly doubt that they’re the most expensive they’ve ever been. iPhones and flagship phones may well be because the companies that make them know the morons that buy them will pay $1000 for a status symbol, but you can purchase new smartphones for under $200. Considering the original iPhone cost triple that, your claim seems ludicrous.
The ASP [average selling price] of the North American smartphone market reached its historic Q1 record high of US$790 this year.
Yes, the low sale of budget phones certainly contributes, however, the market for premium phones grew by 33% from last year clearly being the main driver of this increase.
With more and more people having more and more expensive phones, how will having replacable batteries while being waterproof drive up the price?
I sell a phone for 1 billion dollars. That raises the average price to a million dollars. If you go to any store and grab 100 phones at random, their pricing will not reflect the average.
Headline from 2028: Why You phone Dies When It Gets Wet
They had waterproof smartphones before this idiocy of non-replacable batteries. Ten years ago!
Just some examples:
Sony Xperia Active (2011)
Samsung Galaxy S5 (2014)
Today’s smartphones are built cheap. Sadly. Louis Rossmam explains this well.
Waterproofing was more difficult with replaceable batteries. It was a feature you paid extra for.
Was it?
So many years have passed since that phone came out.
Manufacturers had more than enough time to do something right besides just being water resistant.
But there was phones from 2010s with removable batteries and water protection.
And sony have some water resistant phones with removable batteries now
It’s more expensive to waterproof a phone with a removable battery. Yes, there were phones from the 2010s that were waterproof and had removable batteries, but that was a feature you had to pay extra for.
And phones are currently the most expensive they’ve ever been, even adjusted to inflation. Waterproofing with replacable batteries would barely dent the price, especially after a few years.
I highly doubt that they’re the most expensive they’ve ever been. iPhones and flagship phones may well be because the companies that make them know the morons that buy them will pay $1000 for a status symbol, but you can purchase new smartphones for under $200. Considering the original iPhone cost triple that, your claim seems ludicrous.
I’m referring to the average - obviously there’ll always be decentbudget phones with an unbeatable price-to-performance ratio.
Here’s a source for my claim - I couldn’t find any better ones after a few minutes.
According to this:
Yes, the low sale of budget phones certainly contributes, however, the market for premium phones grew by 33% from last year clearly being the main driver of this increase.
With more and more people having more and more expensive phones, how will having replacable batteries while being waterproof drive up the price?
The average iseaningless here.
I sell a phone for 1 billion dollars. That raises the average price to a million dollars. If you go to any store and grab 100 phones at random, their pricing will not reflect the average.