> And this way we don't need to compromise the shell of the phone with seams and things that can fail.

My older Samsung Galaxy had an easy clip-off back cover and easily replaceable battery. Nothing related to that ever failed.

Whereas two newer Pixel phones have had issues with the back cover glue coming loose, leading to interior damage.

Given that, the idea that a case that can be opened easily “compromises the shell of the phone” sounds like a weak excuse for some other deficiency or agenda.

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dpoloncsak 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Can you keep the same water-resistant standards with a removable cover? In my head that's the main tradeoff

	▲	buran77 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> the same water-resistant standards You can have water protection and easily replaceable battery. Still, I'm really curious about how many people take advantage of those standards and need IP67 (30min at 1m depth) as opposed to a quick splash or rain on it, or how many buy the artificial tradeoff of water resistance over easily replaceable battery because this is all that's offered.
	▲	albuic 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yes you can! It was done with many phones in the past...