Devices that contain user-replaceable batteries without the following obstacles or traps:
- Glued-on battery covers.
- Glued-in-batteries.
- Batteries that require proprietary tooling that is not widely available.
- Firmware-locked batteries that don’t allow replacements to work.
- Batteries that are not supplied by the manufacturer and also not standardized or available.
Key Indicators And Symbols
- Standardized: This refers to an ubiquitous and standardized battery format that can be purchased from electronics stores instead of directly from the device manufacturer. One example of that is 18650 batteries.
- [Purpose-Built]: This means that the battery is built specifically for that device and has to be obtained from the manufacturer or a third-party vendor that builds that specific model. These batteries are not standardized and are harder to find. Most phone batteries are of this variety. However, some are replaceable.
- Prismatic: Prismatic is a thin, flat, rectangular cell design. These are generally harder to find due to a lower likelihood of standardization. However, they are necessary for thinner devices such as phones and tablets.
Handheld PCs, Phones, And Tablets
Standardized Cells (18650 and other widely used standards).
- ClockworkPi Pico Calc – [Standardized | Widely Available] – 18650 cells.
- ClockworkPi uConsole Kit RPI-CM4 Lite. [Standardized | Widely Available] – 18650 cells.
- Fairphone 5. [Prismatic – Purpose-Built].
- Fairphone 4. [Prismatic – Purpose-Built].
- Fairphone 3. [Prismatic – Purpose-Built].
- Fairphone 3+. [Prismatic – Purpose-Built].
Laptops
- Framework Laptop 13. [Purpose Built].
- Framework Laptop 16. [Purpose Built].