Critics aim their batteries at Apple.★
Just like Alasdair said, we at the MacTake aren't quite impressed with the whole concept of a class-action suit being filed over a battery life issue. So let's get something straight as an Apple and Macintosh community:300-400 Charges before the battery starts losing capacity. That's a fair bit but even after this magic number is reached, your battery doesn't suddenly stop working. It goes through a graceful process where it slowly dribbles away capacity over a long period of time, and I think people will find their iPhones will greatly outlive that $86 per annum replacement fee prediction.
In truth, most of us in the Apple community are pretty familiar with the battery life we're talking about here as the iPod had this same 'problem'. I've had my iPod for 2 years and it holds as much juice as it did after its first full charge. Most of us will find that the iPhone will perform similarly.
If you think about it, consumer image is extremely important to Apple and if they made a one year cycle battery for their iPhones, consumers would react badly causing a general drop in confidence over the entire Apple product-line. So, designing their iPhone batteries to generate a per annum battery replacement revenue would probably result in a net loss overall. I think this is another example of a sensationalist, over-eager attack on Apple, and I don't believe it holds too much substance.
But we'll wait and see shall we? You never know, it's not beyond Apple to have an off day, but their track record is good enough to suggest that they'll usually correct it well.
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★ 2 Comments. | By Skippy, Saturday, August 18, 2007 7:00 PM | Links to this post
this is one of the most intresting mac blogs yet. its my hompage now!
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gee, Thanks Andy... good to have you here with us!
Any input you have is more than welcome at the MacTake.
By: Skippy
