Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro 4G. From 2022 but there are newer models. So stop saying HUR HUR WATER RESISTANCE when people ask for phones with swappable batteries. This shows it can be done.

Edit: was $120, now sold out.

  • m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Once I read somewhere it was because it made possible for them to make phones thinner.

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      2 months ago

      There is that, but then a point case thickens it up again. Anyway there is always someone who says water resistance. I myself would love an 18650-powered phone.

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      2 months ago

      It’s true. An integrated battery means only one case layer. A removable battery has a phone case and two sides on the battery case. That’s a couple millimeters.