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I had a waterproof phone from around 2012 that had a swappable battery, who's claiming you can't?
The Galaxy S5 from around 2012 was water resistant but maybe not at ipx68 level and idk about its shock resistance. The Xcover is even more clear cut. And every time the topic comes up, some tech apologist says batteries have to be sealed in the phone because water resistance. But it's just greed.
The argument that you can't have water proof replaceable batteries is silly, and it's very obviously false, lots of gadgets do that.
Some make similar claims with mini jack, but that too is absolutely possible, for instance Sony has/had that.
It's the same principle as waterproofing an USB/charging conecter, and AFAIK ALL phones with IP68 rating have USB/Charging ports.
Unfortunately if your IP68 phone has a glass back, that can easily crack, and that will compromise the IP68 feature.
In that way, my IP68 phone was only intact for 4 months. 😱
Once I read somewhere it was because it made possible for them to make phones thinner.
There is that, but then a point case thickens it up again. Anyway there is always someone who says water resistance. I myself would love an 18650-powered phone.
It's true. An integrated battery means only one case layer. A removable battery has a phone case and two sides on the battery case. That's a couple millimeters.