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Hopefully it'll be seen as a marketing strategy in NA and premium phones would have the ability to change batteries. Once that happens the market will shift.
It probably boils down to what costs the most, making a universal model for everywhere, or making a European model and a separate "screw you" model for the rest of the world.
I think it might probably cheaper to make two different devices anyways, since we wouldn't be in this planned obsolescence mess otherwise. I.e. people might start to buy new phones every 4-5 years instead of every 1-2 years, if they can easily replace the battery.
I mean. I'm not talking about the actual cost of making the device but rather the total cost. Ie the cost to their bottom line.
The cheapest would probably be to make a single device with a replaceable battery, and weld the battery in place outside of Europe, but that would probably be so blatant that they would get in trouble.