> On Oct 17, 2017, at 8:42 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have a bulged battery, bulged enough to bend the case such that the
> computer no longer fits into the box.
>
> If this is commonplace -- apple using a battery that by design will swell
> over time and damage the trackpad/case, with no limit in place (the idea of
> limiting the default charge to 50% unless you ask for the extra to be put in
> for a trip, or something similar) -- is that grounds for a class action suit,
> just like the defective soldering of the graphic chip that came apart for
> some users?
No, this is true of all laptop batteries, and to some extent of all
lithium-ion batteries (current best solution for things like laptops).
Eventually they wear out. The more heat and power cycles they go through the
faster they wear out. Limiting the charge amount will not really change that
timing very much, since you will only be charging more often. If you look at
your warrantee the batteries are specifically listed as something that wears
out, and there are specific formulas for when they are replaced under
warrantee. And lawsuit would be summarily dismissed.
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Karl Kuehn
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