<story><title>Nexus 5 Teardown</title><url>http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5+Teardown/19016</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pearjuice</author><text>Can anyone shed light on why the battery cannot be replaced like back in the day with (smart)phones? This is a real deal breaker for me, especially with the very limited battery life you would at least expect that it would be easily replaceable. I don&amp;#x27;t mind carrying an extra battery pack with me. At all.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ChikkaChiChi</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a thinness issue.&lt;p&gt;If you want a removable battery you have to build a clip or latch system to allow the battery to be removable as well as a component shielding so that grubby little fingers don&amp;#x27;t go in there gumming up the works. Finally, a removable battery will have different receptors on it to allow it to be more easily swapped by laymen as opposed to a ribbon cable which takes a bit more finesse.&lt;p&gt;You CAN replace the battery in these units..you just have to be better at your job than your grandmother replacing her cordless phone battery.</text></comment>
<story><title>Nexus 5 Teardown</title><url>http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5+Teardown/19016</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pearjuice</author><text>Can anyone shed light on why the battery cannot be replaced like back in the day with (smart)phones? This is a real deal breaker for me, especially with the very limited battery life you would at least expect that it would be easily replaceable. I don&amp;#x27;t mind carrying an extra battery pack with me. At all.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>highace</author><text>Would you mind carrying a portable battery about the same size as the phone that can recharge the phone via USB? (this is my solution)</text></comment>