Originally Posted by
dougmc
To be fair, that's just an educated guess that smasha gave. It's probably accurate, but it's not like the company actually said it.
There is another advantage to not having the battery be removable -- they can make the camera smaller. I'm not saying that this is a worthwhile trade-off or it makes it all OK, but the reasons aren't all bad.
The Roam does look a little smaller than the HD, but I'd rather have a slightly bigger camera that I can replace the battery in as needed.
If Contour continues to carry some models with removable batteries it's all good. As long as it's not only the $500 top-of-the-line Contour Plus, that is. I have no need to pay $500 for a camera. $200 is fine.