That's one of the complaints I have against sealed phones. I shouldn't have to pay someone money just to do a battery swap. It's a battery. Provided the device is designed right, there's pretty much zero ways to screw that up. I actually know of one place in town that does phone repairs. I keep on meaning to give them a call. I have a tablet sitting in my desk drawer right now that's only not working because it suffered the death wiggles (aka fucked up charging port). I keep on meaning to see if I can get it fixed, if even just so I can get the hard drive wiped and recycle the thing (but if I can get Android to update on it, it might be worth keeping). I wonder how the sub $70 stand mixers compare to your kitchenaid.
I want to agree but I've let the smoke out of a couple cheap eBay iPods doing the battery change. There's a difference between a non-serviceable component connected directly to the board and a user-swappable accessory. Making the battery swappable makes it marginally more expensive but it also complicates the design and "complication" = "bulk." I will bet you there's a surface-mount connector on the board that is proprietary and not available to strip-mall fixit shops.