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European iPhones are more fun now (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 months ago by return2ozma to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The two features are not mutually esclusive. I owned an S5 which was waterproof and had replaceable battery more than 10 years ago. It did not seems too hard to do

[–] 9tr6gyp3 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

S5 was not IP68

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know. I was only pointing out that you can have a waterproof phone and a replaceable battery. Obviously you need to do better than the S5 but it is nothing impossible, even wanting to keep the audio jack and the USB ports.

[–] 9tr6gyp3 0 points 3 months ago

I hope they figure it out. Sincerely.