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[* black] With the midframe dispatched, we finally get a look at the battery and motherboard.
[* icon_note] Yet again, we are disappoint. The battery is ''still'' held captive, all the way under the motherboard.
[* black] By this point, we're also accustomed to being able to remove the expandable memory, in the form of a MicroSD card. Where is it? Oh, that's right—Samsung eliminated it. If you need additional storage, you'd better pay for it up-front; there'll be no adding it later.
[* black] The midframe is littered with goodies—tons of spring contacts, an NFC/wireless charging coil, and a speaker.
-[* black] We'd love to get the battery out now and take a look, but for now we're going to have to settle for just disconnecting it from the motherboard.
+[* black] We'd love to get the battery out now and take a look, but for the moment we'll have to settle for disconnecting it from the motherboard.