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		brookst on Sept 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the iPhone 16's electrically-released adhesive... Not impossible, just less durable. See also: sockets instead of soldered chips, connectors instead of soldered wires.

cubefox on Sept 23, 2024 [–]

Phones with replaceable batteries typically were more durable, not less. (Though that may have to do with using plastic cases that are more durable than glass.)

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