Removable Batteries Advantages & Disadvantages Published 18 Oct 2016

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Advantages:

First we will look into the advantages of removable batteries, a traditional battery approach. This battery approach has been used mostly since the phones have been developed. The advantages of removable batteries are

Easy Replacement of Faulty Battery:

Replacement of the faulty battery is the biggest luxury when you have a phone with removable battery. You can easily replace the battery when you think its life span is over. Usually batteries started to lose their capacity after 15 to 18 months. So, when you feel that your phone battery is under performing, you can visit the store to purchase a new battery and install it in the phone. Now your device will provide battery time like a new phone does. This method is very economical as a new battery cost approximately $15 and as you are installing the battery by yourself, you will be saving the labor cost as well to install the battery.

Can Carry Back up Battery:

This is another advantage you can have while owing a phone with a removable battery. This is very helpful for those who always have to travel, have no time to sit in and charge their device. So, they can have fully charged, reserve batteries which they can use when the installed battery is low or dead.

Resale Value:

Phone’s Resale value is also considered by many smartphone buyers while purchasing a new smartphone. Statistics from past few years indicate that the phones with removable batteries tend to have higher resale value comparing to the phones with non-removable batteries. The reason is very simple, as most phones are resold after using 1 or 2 years and the potential buyer knows that he can replace the battery whenever he wants to, with a little cost.

Restart Option:

Although modern smartphones have become lot faster and efficient in terms of performance. But they can stuck or hang while playing heavy games/ apps, if the problem is severe, the phone’s home or power button also stops working. To force back the phone to normal functioning, the best (probably a hard one) solution is to take out battery and install it again. Now restart the phone and it will be back to its normal position. Such luxury is not available in case of non-removable battery, where you cannot take out the back case.

Can Minimize Water Damage:

The biggest threat to the smartphones is water / liquid, because most of the devices are not water resistant. You can recover the phone from water damage if you have accidently drop your phone into water. You can cure the phone by removing the back case, take out the battery, than try to dry the phone by placing it in sunlight or any warm, dry place. But you can recover the damaged phone only if it the damage of the water is to the lowest level. Same luxury is not available in phones having non-removable batteries.

Related: Battery Types

Related: Advantages of Non-Removable Batteries

Disadvantages:

Removable batteries provide many advantages to their users, but these do carry few disadvantages which are

Reasonably Thicker Phones:

One of the disadvantage of removable batteries is that your phone will have to lose some slimness. This is due to the aspect that Device Manufacturer will have to provide you with sufficient room, so that you may not harm the smartphone while changing the battery. Usually this margin is in mm, but the phones with the removable batteries are thicker than the phones with non-removable batteries.

You may Damage the Phone by Frequent Battery Removal:

Another disadvantage is that you may harm the device while removing or installing the phone battery. There are chances that you may accidently damage the phone parts like charging pin, sim slots etc. while changing the battery. Also, the dust particles may go into the phone and cause problems. This type of damages are related to the removable batteries.

Related: DisAdvantages of Non-Removable Batteries

Wrap-Up:

To wrap-up the discussion, the phones with removable batteries have more advantages than comparing to the non-removable batteries. You should try to choose a phone having the facility of removable battery, because in the era of current smartphone and battery technology, the phone with removable batteries are simply better.