Don't hold your breath. I reckon the reason for the non-removable battery is to push most people into buying a new phone when the battery dies.
I have been using a Lumia 800 for 2,5 years now, obviously charging it every day. The battery hasn't died on it yet, in fact it still gets me through they day. I am sure there is some degradation, I have charged it at least 800 times, but I haven't noticed it, even though I browse and listen to music about 2-3 hours every day over 3G and wifi.Don't hold your breath. I reckon the reason for the non-removable battery is to push most people into buying a new phone when the battery dies.
I have been using a Lumia 800 for 2,5 years now, obviously charging it every day. The battery hasn't died on it yet, in fact it still gets me through they day. I am sure there is some degradation, I have charged it at least 800 times, but I haven't noticed it, even though I browse and listen to music about 2-3 hours every day over 3G and wifi.
In any case a non-removable battery does not mean you have to throw the phone away, it's just not user replaceable. Knowing local service prices and battery costs, I'd say it would cost me 25-30 EUR the most to get it replaced.
2 hours surfing is a lot you know!
Not on my Moto G it isn't. I've been using it for 2 hours 40 minutes surfing and the battery is still reading 68%. I haven't had a phone for years that is as bad as this Nokia, even allowing several days for it to bed in.
Overnight it lost 13% and that was doing nothing, but again I only use it in the same way as I have used my Moto G and everything else and I can't remember owning anything else that dropped more than a couple of percent overnight.
I have a Sony Tablet Z that has been left on idle for 4 days and is still showing 84% - that's just 3% more drain than the Nokia lost overnight. Both the Moto and the Sony still notify me of incoming messages and emails.
It's being replaced tomorrow anyway.
Maybe you don't know, but Moto G it's one of the best smarts for web browsing ever. I don't know why, but it is. And 930 it's not good, just average.
Motorola Moto G battery life test - GSMArena Blog
Maybe you can try put your 930 in battery save mode, only for tests.
Everything up until the N9 had a removable battery, and then they went with the "plank" design and it was all over. The N9 design language has been around for too long I think.. I hope we can something different soon. The Icon/930 are the first phones since then to have a slightly different design, but they still resemble the original design to a certain extend.
So maybe once they go in a different direction we can get back the back cover designs, or even something like the N8 where you could pull the battery from the bottom.
Considering how obsessed they are with following what Apple do, I doubt that they will buil a phone with a removable back cover anytime soon. Maybe if we get an iPhone like that they might consider the idea...
I think the last smartphone from Nokia to have a removable battery was the 808...
Maybe you don't know, but Moto G it's one of the best smarts for web browsing ever. I don't know why, but it is. And 930 it's not good, just average.
Motorola Moto G battery life test - GSMArena Blog
Maybe you can try put your 930 in battery save mode, only for tests.
You missed the point.... similar specced Android phone to the Lumia 630 is not the Moto G of course. I mean the Moto G is no doubt one of the best "budget" phones spec wise on the Android system and unlike the rest it actually upgrades to Kitkat, though not smoothly for everyone.
That's correct, it isn't, although actually the two are not that far apart in terms of spec - a higher res screen on the Lumia might have swung a few more sales - but it's a similar price and that's what most people consider particularly at the lower end of the market - "What am I getting in terms of bang per buck for my money" - People look at things like the better screen, the memory card slot, more RAM and so on and in that respect the Moto G is the better phone and that's what sells, whatever merits the 630 or WP may have.similar specced Android phone to the Lumia 630 is not the Moto G of course...