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ha. What an idiot. From the article:
"Looking at the court documents, it's—or is it its?—hard to know where to begin, though a cheap shot at Mr. Trujillo's lawyer and the use of possessive pronouns is as good a place as any. Setting aside the fact that the iPhone battery is covered for the first year under warranty, thus negating that first year of the "annual" cost of iPhone ownership, the battery life information is just wrong. The battery page for the iPhone provides Apple's official position on battery life. A properly maintained iPhone battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 400 full charge and discharge cycles. You may choose to replace your battery when it no longer holds sufficient charge to meet your needs." What a dumbass. PS: I played with one of these the other day. It was pretty neat.... but I definitely wouldn't spend $500 of my cash on one. |
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Its about time Apple gets called on the carpet for their non-user replaceable battery stance. The iPhone is the first cell phone in history to have a non-replaceable battery. I had a bag phone in 1985 that had a replaceable battery.
Apple makes devices with built in batteries simply as a future profit generating measure, nothing more. Lithium Ion batteries have a great power capacity at the expense of an overall short life span. Apple knows this and does not include any refresh, or float maintenance circuitry in their products. Hell, my DeWalt cordless tools have maintenance float chargers with logic controls to keep the battery as close to 100% charge capacity as possible. You can safely "top off" Lion batteries with the proper charger. Apple chooses to to keep the product lifespan short to coincide with their next version hardware release. Apple knows that the recommended charging/discharging to keep the iPhone at peak performance are not in line with how people will use them. People count on their phone and thus throw it on the charger every night or two to "top it off" so they don't have to worry about it the next day. If you follow Apple's recommendation, you will use the phone down to 8-10% battery capacity, fully charge it, repeat. So use the phone until the recommended charge level, then stop doing business for the next few hours when it is finally discharged to 10% at 9:30 AM? Unrealistic and they plan on that. Just one more reason that I don't buy into the Apple craze... Doug
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a cell phone with a "permanent" battery on the other hand, is just plain retardo.
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the iPhone battery is also $79 (+$5 shipping). i can get a battery for my phone for $5 *shipped* and replace it in about 10 seconds without any tools. do you honestly think the non-replaceable iPhone battery is a great idea on the part of Apple? we all have brands and products we prefer over others, but don't be silly.
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I was wondering if you could post the link to that YouTube video a couple more times. I dont think we saw it the first 5 times...
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PS: They don't sell Macs at best buy, do they? Quote:
Not that it's super credible, but everything I've read about lithium ion says it's much better than what you described: Time durability (24-36) months Cycle durability 1200 cycles ANYWAY, I don't see the point of *****ing, since pretty much any portable electronic device uses the same type of battery these days: Lithium Ion. >shrug< |
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