Counterpoint Research's analysis shows that at its peak in 2017, there were more than 700 smartphone brands contributing to the 1.5 billion units sold annually. In 2023,...

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  • flossdaily@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    The LG V20 was the last great flagship phone that had a removable battery. I miss those.

    • JokklMaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Mine was a piece of junk. It would crash whenever I tried to open snapchat. Super slow in general. Completely stopped working after like a year and had to be replaced.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      All the v line phones were at least still pretty easy to replace the battery on with minimal effort, even if they weren’t quick access. The problem became finding new oem batteries.