That's too bad. Cell's are made for extreme ease of battery replacement. It certainly shouldn't be difficult to design into tablets. Have you ever seen the electronics that are thrown away? Sad. To me $1000 gadget isn't a throw away after a couple of years because a battery goes bad.... a new battery and new life. When you out grow it, pass it on to someone other than the landfill. Yea tablets, at least the one's I own, have to be shipped somewhere to get a new battery.... then you just get a swapped out unit.User replacable batteries are becoming a thing of the past. laptops and tablets are so thin and compact that it isn't advisable to try to replace anything on your own. Most people end up upgrading by the time the battery becomes a major issue anyway
Thanks Jeff, good to know, although hopefully I'll never need this knowledge!Yep...you can still use it on mains, the battery cover would be useless though as it charges the main battery and doesn't act as a secondary battery.