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The Galaxy S25 Ultra shows why your next phone needs to have a battery that's easy to change


Serviceability is sustainability.

If Samsung (for example) would still offer software support and provide replacement batteries, the Galaxy S10 could be a fantastic phone for a lot of people in 2025. Watch On A phone like the Galaxy S25 Ultra or even something more user-serviceable like the HMD Skyline doesn't magically give you some super secret technician powers. The price you will pay for that service depends on how hard it is to perform; getting another two years of life from a product like a phone can be so expensive that we don't want to do it.

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