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@alandlord wrote:

What are you people talking about?  This is MY thread about the need for a new phone with a removable battery and headphone jack.  Anything without those is a brick.

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Verizon does not make phones.   Complain to the manufacturers.    The only phones with removable batteries are the few budget priced prepaid phones.  (Moto e5 go and flip phones for example)
Flagship devices are sealed.  

   I disagree that a sealed back phone is a brick.  Batteries can be replaced, just not by the average user.    In fact the new insurance programs have unlimited battery replacements included.  

    While I choose not to keep phones very long, other members of my family have had    sealed back phones that work just fine for three or four years.