It serves 3 purposes.

1. It will always track. Even when the other person said if the battery is completely dead, it won't track. Not true! 0% battery, "dead," powered off, still has some battery for this feature. To actually drain the battery to true 0 is very hard without really trying.

2. It makes it harder to repair. Therfore more likely for you to buy the new one. Planned obsolescence.

3. This is how they sell it, they can make the phone slightly stronger/slimmer and slightly more structurally stable without an easily removable battery.

It serves 3 purposes.

1. It will always track. Even when the other person said if the battery is completely dead, it won't track. Not true! 0% battery, "dead," powered off, still has some battery for this feature. To actually drain the battery to true 0 is very hard without really trying.

2. It makes it harder to repair. Therfore more likely for you to buy the new one. Planned obsolescence.

3. This ths is how they sell it, they can make the phone slightly stronger/slimmer and slightly more structurally stable without an easily removable battery.

It serves 3 purposes.

1. It will always track. Even when the other person said if the battery is completely dead, it won't track. Not true! 0% battery, "dead," powered off, still has some battery for this feature. To actually drain the battery to true 0 is very hard without really trying.

2. It makes it harder to repair. Therfore more likely for you to buy the new one. Planned obsolescence.

3. This ths is how they sell it, they can make the phone slightly stronger and slightly more structurally stable without an easily removable battery.

It serves 3 purposes.

1. It will always track. Even when the other person said if the battery is completely dead, it won't. Not true 0% battery, "dead" powered off still has some battery for this feature.

2. It makes it harder to repair. Therfore more likely for you to buy the new one. Planned obsolescence.

3. Ths is how they sell it, they can make the phone slightly stronger and slightly more structurally stable without an easily removable battery.