I read a lot of people claiming that waterproofing technology has come to a point where this isn’t too much of an issue, but that’s as far as my knowledge goes
It’s true. If you put a little gasket around the edges and make sure it’s held down tightly (clips, screws etc) it’s fine. Glue is cheaper and faster to manufacture, that’s why companies claim it’s necessary
It’s not even recent technology. Samsung had water resistant phones with swappable batteries before the iPhone became water resistant, and that included a 3.5mm jack.
Sadly, everyone just copies each other and when companies noticed nobody complained about Apple’s irreplaceable batteries for a few years they stopped supporting swapping batteries as well.
I read a lot of people claiming that waterproofing technology has come to a point where this isn’t too much of an issue, but that’s as far as my knowledge goes
It’s true. If you put a little gasket around the edges and make sure it’s held down tightly (clips, screws etc) it’s fine. Glue is cheaper and faster to manufacture, that’s why companies claim it’s necessary
It’s not even recent technology. Samsung had water resistant phones with swappable batteries before the iPhone became water resistant, and that included a 3.5mm jack.
Sadly, everyone just copies each other and when companies noticed nobody complained about Apple’s irreplaceable batteries for a few years they stopped supporting swapping batteries as well.
There are plenty of options for waterproofing removable batteries. They just tend to be large.