On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:34:29 -0400, "Carl"
<crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:

>Ron wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:25:59 -0400, "Carl"
>> <crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>> Sorry you have such trouble with your plane travels.
>>
>> For very little you can get a thingie to plug your iPhone into power
>> at your plane seat and keep it fully charged. Also many people charge
>> devices in their car, its new technology you may not have heard of its
>> called a "car Charger".
>>
>> http://www.overstock.com/Electronics...i_sku=10326243
>>
>> When I fly I sit just outside the Continental Airlines Presidents
>> club. I can plug into a standard AC outlet in the wall
>> (for my Apple Pismo laptop), and use the open WiFi of Continental.
>>
>1. It must be very uncomfortable sitting outside that club while the plane
>is flying.


Meanwhile you ignore my link to a charger that allows you to charge an
iPhone while on a Plane.

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