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Originally Posted by chenliangchen View Post
I'm more towards removable battery + separate wall charger for just the battery.
You mean something similar to this ?
So you can charge a backup battery while using the phone ?

I have bought a similar-looking device in the past. I'm very happy with this. It's also useful for camera batteries (the pogo-pins slide and can be adjusted to any battery +/- terminals).

Originally Posted by chenliangchen View Post
But that involves back plate structures and how to deliver that, and if it affects the looking etc.
Well, that would be good for quickly switching batteries, but also to access any other useful contact.
(Probably wireless charging pogopins, as discussed above. So people can slap a Qi charger. Or whatever else charging solution)

Personnally, I don't mind if this increases the thickness by a couple mm.
End-user replaceable battery is just too much useful.

Originally Posted by TheKit View Post
Type-C connector looks more durable to me compared to microUSB, also disconnects easily.
In my case, it would be interesting to know if it fall-disconnects safely :-P
(I think the busted USB on my current Jolla comes from a couple of fall while connected to charger / or to computer)
It's a shame that USB consortium didn't go for a classic flat connector like Apple's Lightning (probably Apple managed to patent reversibility on such connectors).

I miss the indestructible connector on my first ever Palm IIIc....

Originally Posted by deutch1976 View Post
There are several options in the market so that connection ports stay healthy such as
Yup, I was indeed thinking to acquire some magnetic quicik-snap solution.
 

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