You know you need a battery when:

[RainMotorsports]

Was talking with @cplmac about his phone dying at 80% and I was like you probably have a swollen battery and sure enough. I was going to PM him a pic or 2 of some bad cases but hell lets make a thread.

Some people don't understand my hatred of phones that don't open. Personally when a battery catches on fire I prefer to be able to dump it out of the window without the rest of the phone attached... just sayin.

You know you need a battery when:

Your iPhone takes itself apart:

It eats a hole:

Your iPhone suddenly becomes its own kickstand:

Your house burns down:

Your laptop starts doing troll faces:

 

[Bob369963]

Lol. Battery 101 with professor Rain.

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[Snakebabies]

wholly fuck! A battery that doesnt separate from the phone seems to me a serious safety hazard! especially in california

 

[imfromnz]

Oh Snap!

 

[HeatSurge]

All Nokia Lumia phones have batteries which don't separate. Well, they do but you have to unscrew the phone and it's not designed for the end customer to do...

I guess they're designed with fairly finite lives... which makes sense. And in most cases, unless manufactured faulty, batteries won't bulge over time.