Do some research. At between 300 and 400 charges, the battery will be at 80% of its original capacity. Poor journalism.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html
Posted by bng | 8:02 PM
I was going to put this as a comment to one that was posted but thought I would include the comment and my remarks in a new post.
From:
http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html
Maximum Battery Life
iPhone offers up to 8 hours of talk time,(1) 6 hours of Internet use,(2) 7 hours of video playback,(3) or 24 hours of audio playback(4) on a full charge at original capacity. In addition, iPhone features up to 250 hours of standby time.(5)
Charge Cycles
A properly maintained iPhone battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity after 400 full charge and discharge cycles. You may choose to replace your battery when it no longer holds sufficient charge to meet your needs.
Let It Breathe
Charging your iPhone while in certain carrying cases may generate excess heat, which can affect battery capacity. If you notice that your iPhone gets hot when you charge it, take it out of its case first.
I don't recall making a statement that anything I post should be even remotely associated with journalism at all but thanks anyway.
In any case. The maximum battery life must surely be "best case scenario" and of course there is no way to prove this at this point in time and only time will tell. I stated right off that I am not an apple fan...so I am biased.
However, with a slight note (I did say slight) of objectivity, there will be a group of people who will discover that they need to replace their battery at some point prior to the ending of their contract.
I have had my RAZR since it first came to the market. I have not lost any noticable amount of battery power but then again I don't use it even remotely close to what is hoped for with the iphone. Even so, should I lose acceptable battery power a replacement costs under $20 and I do not lose my phone for any period of time....assuming it is still functioning.
Now of course my product is 2+ years old and the iPhone being new to the market a battery would cost more than mine at $20....perhaps $40?? ok, even an initial $50 I don't have a problem with but let the battery be replaceable....even at an AT&T or Apple store, not at the factory. I suspect that in 1.5 years or so or definately within the 2 year period we will see this issue come up again and the more real world use these phones get with internet, video, etc we'll see how this plays out.
On another note
Shelly had over 440 songs on her iPod. This is her second iPod and of these songs there are 40 or so that she does not have backed up anywhere.
With a little help from a $29 software purchased from Amazon.com she was able to not only recover all her itunes purchased music but transfer them over to REAL player which supports many many brands of mp3 players.
http://www.valusoft.com/products/tunetoolsmm.html
in part...
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You may be asking yourself....since Shelly is a die hard iPod devotee, what is she doing?
Well my friends to steal a phrase from the Dokken song she is "Breaking The Chains" and is switching to Creative 30GB Vision M which won two awards in 2006 from CNET.
http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=213&subcategory=214&product=14331
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