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Old 07-14-2012, 09:08 AM  
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Originally Posted by joshgirls View Post
thats a pretty good answer. but it does not disarm my skepticism because most products, cameras, phones, laptops, have removable batteries. doesnt seem to be a big problem for the electronics industry in general.

i think your reply & other one does answer the question - apple is a control freak. But i still think some beancounter inside apple determined that X more profit can be made by making their batteries permanent.
Oh, of course, there will definitely be other reasons, primarily things to do with the actual design.

Having a removable battery would mean you need to include some mechanism/structure in the design to allow such removal. This would make the device heavier, probably bulkier and so on.

By making it integrated, their design remains 'seamless' and as compact as possible, that will be the main reason.
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