Sure, we could have IPads & IPods with replaceable batteries...if we didn't mind them being 4 inches thicker. The reported states it is a design problem but the reality is we want smaller, thinner, yet faster processsing with more memory...if company A doesn't make it, company B will. It's too bad they can't make the devices with access to change and or remove batteries but if we could change batteries as easy as we do on our Flashlights think of all the poor technicians we would put out of work(sarcasm intended)....