July 3rd, 2007
Apple’s iPhone Battery Replacement Plan … What fun!
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
One of the big minuses that many people have brought up about the iPhone - lack of a swappable battery. In fact, Apple has a replacement plan for devices that have their batteries fail out of warranty. It’s just not very palatable.
Installing a new battery also means users must expect a three-day wait and should be prepared for all the data on their phone — including contacts, e-mail account settings, text messages and other content — to be wiped out. Source: InfoWorld
We Say: Remember that Apple estimates 300 - 400 charges for a battery. This means for many heavy users, about a year or less. The cost is $85.95 including shipping, BTW. But this “losing all your data” when the battery is changed? That went out with old Treos a long time ago. I can’t believe that they would lose all the data when changing the battery … perhaps it’s just a caution to the end user … but still.
Charles says:
A $90 battery in about a year? That is not user-replaceable? That Apple will take 3 days to replace and the user will not have a phone during that time?
Riiigghht
Aside from a big screen, this thing doesn’t do anything my Nokia E70 doesn’t do. Granted, it doesn’t do it as slickly, but the Nokia has a keyboard and costs half as much. And it’s unlocked.
July 3rd, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Nivo says:
im with you charles… but… i still want to find a disection of the iphone though
July 4th, 2007 at 5:10 am
Ironman says:
Anandtech has a disection http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3026
July 4th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Druid says:
The Iphone saves your data to your PC when you sync and then you get the data back on the phone the first time you sync after getting it back with the new battery. This is not complicated, Santo, and could have easily been put into your report. Admit it - you just really don’t like Apple. You should work harder on unbiased reporting.
July 5th, 2007 at 9:22 am