I have had several phones where the battery lasts about a year after which either it, or the phone, has been replaced. So a 1 year life on a battery would seem correct to me. To make a permanent, non-replaceable, battery is not only unreasonable it is STUPID and I always thought Apple was anything but stupid. But then, I suppose they figure if the battery dies people will just buy a new unit instead of trying to figure out how to replace the battery.
The iPhone will never be an option for us as long as it is only on AT&T. I am not switching from Verizon without some compelling reason. I have too much invested there at the moment. -- Edward Fultz (978) 807-4225 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Levi Wallach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Since when does the battery only last a year? I'm sure there's slight > degradation over a year, just as with any battery, but I doubt you would > have to replace it. Also, although in other iPods you can't just pop in > a new battery like you would a Treo, you still can replace the battery, > it just takes a little more work, but there are plenty of kits available > and I think Apple also has a service to do this for you. The iPhone > doesn't have a lot of things the Treo does, especially a good base of > third party software and a community of developers (although dwindling) > that still making this software. Also it has a real keyboard, which the > iPhone doesn't. But it does have some things going for it, and to me > issues like a replacable battery are way down on the list of > disadvantages. Anyway, at this point I consider Apple a much more > competent company. Palm's giving up the Foleo is both good and bad. It > is good in that it shows that they are able to admit mistakes (kind of), > cut their losses and move on with their real best priority in mind. But > it also indicates that they are still making these big mistakes in the > first place. Apple, of course also makes mistakes and they seem to be > pretty responsive about them. This price drop is one big example. They > took 33% off the price of this iPhone, and if their patten holds up, > next year we will see probably 16GB and 32GB iPhones for $350 and $450. > > > I still won't go near them until they open up to developers more and at > least have models that can do HSDPA, but even then I'm loath to switch > to AT&T, so may have to wait another 4+ years (if ever) until they offer > it on other carriers. Then again, who knows, Apple may just change that > exclusive deal with AT&T too if they think it is preventing them from > gaining more customers. Heck, they now have this deal with Starbucks > for Wifi access, but really isn't this a deal with Tmobile? I mean > that's where Starbucks gets the Wifi, right? So who knows! > > Levi > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Don Ferguson > > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 1:23 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [Treo] iPhone price cut > > > > Hmmmmmmm. Why would they do that? Trouble in Apple-land? I saw the > > PC > > Mag guy saying that the iPhone is a great device -- not a great phone > > and not a great PDA, but a great device!! And a battery that isn't > > user > > replaceable and only lasts a year? > > > > Hmmmmmmm. > > > > Cheers, > > Don > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Craig Froehle > > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:29 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Treo] iPhone price cut > > > > Half as pissed...Apple announced today that everyone who bought one at > > the higher price gets $100 back. > > > > On 9/6/07, Scandals & Animals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Apple announced a $200 price cut for the 8gb iPhone yesterday. > > Imagine how > > > pissed the people who bought right away must be. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > So this is how liberty dies...to the applause of Sean Hannity, Rush > > > Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
