Carl wrote:
> RBM wrote:
>
>>"Carl" <crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in message
>>news:487bd2b9$0$7337$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>>
>>>4phun wrote:
>>>
>>>>This is a hoot with all the wannabe experts saying that the 3G
>>>>iPhone sucks because of its little built in battery.
>>>>
>>>>Weekend tech tests show the 3G iPhone little battery has the best
>>>>battery life of all 3G phones! It even beats Sprint's Instinct which
>>>>is a less power hungry network for voice calls.!
>>>>
>>>>Ha HA Boo Hah
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>LOL
>>>>
>>>
>>>I don't know what other people are saying, but I think you miss this
>>>point by a long shot. It doesn't matter that in some lab "test"
>>>done under non-real-world circumstances that the iPhone's battery
>>>"beats" some other battery. That's like believing the gas-mileage
>>>figures posted on new cars, figures which have little relationship
>>>to real-world driving. Here's an example. I, for one, travel to Cabos, Mx
>>>once a year. The
>>>one-way trip takes me up to 9 or 10 hours with plane switching, not
>>>counting potential delays. If I wanted to listen to songs for the 7
>>>hours I'm on a plane, and browse the internet for the 3 hours of
>>>'other' time wasted in airports, even leaving out watching a movie
>>>on the thing, will the battery last me for that long? What do I do
>>>if it doesn't? Do I have an option? Even worse, on the return trip
>>>can I count on having enough battery life left to make a few phone
>>>calls, like to locate my car service or meet whomever is picking me
>>>up, after using the device for 10 hours on the trip? Can I COUNT on
>>>it, is the key operative phrase? Other phones' batteries may not last as
>>>long in lab testing, but you
>>>can bring an extra or two, or three, and COUNT on the device being
>>>operative if and when you really need it.
>>>
>>>I don't know your life, but if you're a person who stays close to
>>>home, and your only concern is if you can squeeze out an extra test
>>>message or two to your friends after you've received a few phone
>>>calls or listened to your tunes while you're at the gym for an hour,
>>>and you're not worried because if your battery runs down you're not
>>>that far from home, then we have different expectations and a way
>>>different perspective on how we need our phones to operate.
>>>
>>>No matter how you slice it, Apple's failure to make the battery
>>>user-replaceable is a huge error imho. I suspect that, should decide to
>>>ge an iPhone, I'll be spending a lot of my time being
>>>fearful of using it for the reasons mentioned above.
>>>
>>>See Carl, you've got it all wrong, the way these folks think is more
>>>like: if apple doesn't make it, you're an idiot for wanting it. You
>>>can buy an apple doohickey to do anything apple wants you to do with
>>>their toys, but God forbid you don't feel like sitting with your
>>>portable toy plugged into and outlet, a pc, or charger of any sort
>>>and just want to carry a spare battery on your camping trip or
>>>whatever, geese, what kind of moron are you
>>
> There does seem to be that mentality RBM, I agree. As I said in another
> post, some of these guys are willing to adapt their world to the device
> instead of expecting it to adapt to theirs. any of those recommendation were
> silly, impractical, and immature.
>
> It seems a little incongruous to me that some of them feel it's OK to have
> this little, portable device, and EXPECT and ACCEPT that they'll be tethered
> to the wall or a power pack that's larger than the phone itself. And they
> think that's a solution for someone who bought a minitaure device- that
> cables, power-packs, and wall sockets have to come along with it!
>
> Some offered solutions that weren't unthinkable, but were often expensive
> and/or added size and cumbersomeness. All to rationalize what could have
> been an easy solution: make the battery pack user-changeable. Period.


Gotta remember, they are first and foremost fanbois...