Glad to see him mention the Samsung debacle as well. When my Note 4 finally gave in to the eMMC problem earlier this year, I upgraded to a new-old-stock LG V20 instead of the latest greatness, because it was the last flagship made with a user replaceable battery. Over my Note 4's 3 1/2 year tenure, I replaced the battery annually. Each time, the battery life performance was restored to what I remembered from when the phone was new. I don't know what I'm going to do when the V20 dies, but it'll be a sad day indeed. I just have such a hard time believing that I'm the only one who wants a rugged (plastic or metal), repairable phone (the V20 can be [i]screwed[/i] apart ... no glue here) with a user-replaceable battery.
"User replaceable" is kind of a stretch given the amount of disassembly/reassembly required to change the battery. I don't think it can be considered user replaceable is if requires something 90%+ of users aren't comfortable doing vs phones where the battery pops in and out.
