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[* black] Liftoff! Four Phillips screws and some clips are the only things standing between customers and an open DualSense controller. Not bad.
[* black] Just like the DualShock 4 and DualShock 3 before it, the DualSense battery has a tough plastic shield and is not glued in place.
- [* icon_reminder] Smartphone manufacturers, take a hint: we're ready for hard-shell batteries like this to make a comeback. We'll never forget the [guide|12507|easy battery swaps of the old days|new_window=true].
-[* black] Back in the present, this grey monolith clocks in at 5.7 Wh. That's a sizable increase from the DualShock 4's 3.7 Wh pack, and there's a good reason for that extra juice: ''something'' has to power all this crazy new tech.
+ [* icon_reminder] For sheer battery-swapping serviceability, this beats almost any modern smartphone ([guide|125573|though not quite all of them|stepid=242818]).
+[* black] This grey monolith clocks in at 5.7 Wh. That's a sizable increase from the DualShock 4's 3.7 Wh pack, and there's a good reason for that extra juice: ''something'' has to power all this crazy new tech.
[* icon_note] The new DualSense cell is more in line with the 5 Wh pack in Nintendo's Switch Pro Controller, which is also [guide|127714|pretty easy to replace|new_window=true].