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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.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I had a waterproof phone from around 2012 that had a swappable battery, who's claiming you can't?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

The Galaxy S5 from around 2012 was water resistant but maybe not at ipx68 level and idk about its shock resistance. The Xcover is even more clear cut. And every time the topic comes up, some tech apologist says batteries have to be sealed in the phone because water resistance. But it's just greed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks 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.

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