>At 16 Jul 2008 00:13:47 -0600 DevilsPGD wrote:
>
>> Okay, so say that the iPhone had a user changeable battery, do you
>> honestly think you could buy a replacement for $27?
>
>
>If you were willing to accept a no-name Honk Kong battery, yes. A double
>capacity batery for my Tilt (with dedicated charger and "camel hump"
>battery cover to accomodate the extra size) cost me $15.
>
>While such a battery will turn my brick of a Tilt into a cinder-block, I
>like the high-cap batteries for use while traveling when access to a
>charger isn't always convenient. I switch back to the standard battery
>when home.
>
>
OK - on Ebay other External Batteries for the iPhone are available,
and typically sell for under $10
"Ron" <ronclifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:35:07 -0400, "Carl"
> <crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Ron" <ronclifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
>>news:697q74hcv4o61kptlp26c64qnff0pmf8d7@4ax.com. ..
>>>
>>> For anti-Apple droids here who claim the battery life in an iPhone is
>>> too short for them and thats their deal breaker or should be yours.
>>>
>>> Just buy a $27 external battery back. More than one if you need?
>>>
>>You actually haven't read the posts about the battery issue or you
>>wouldn't
>>have posted this. This has been addressed. I suggest you go back and read
>>them and then try not to feel embarrassed.
>>
>
> Its the Nokia fanbois that need to feel embarressed talking down a
> GREAT product like the iPhone 3G, that sold 1 million in 3 days.
I don't have an iphone or Nokia phone, but it seems to me that Apple does
everything it can to front load it's iphone sales, so it looks impressive
for "three days", but somehow overall, I don't think there is any comparison
to the volume of phones sold by Nokia
Beer Drinking Dog wrote:
> Carl wrote:
>> Beer Drinking Dog wrote:
>>> B. Peg wrote:
>>>>> "Ron" wrote:
>>>>> For anti-Apple droids here who claim the battery life in an iPhone
>>>>> is too short for them and thats their deal breaker or should be
>>>>> yours. Just buy a $27 external battery back. More than one if you
>>>>> need? http://www.calcellular.com/iphone-batkit.html
>>>> Why should I?
>>>>
>>>> Apple had the knowledge to do it right after their first screw-up -
>>>> ADD A DAMN BATTERY COMPARTMENT!
>>>>
>>>> But no. You need to send the toy in.
>>>>
>>>> Opps! Did I say "toy?" - as in it's life expectancy is only one
>>>> year anyhoo. There will be another on the horizon in another year.
>>> I've had mine for over a year and it's still going strong. LiIons
>>> have a longer life than a year. The one in my laptop is going on 3
>>> years and it's fine too.
>>>
>> How long the batteries LIVE is not the issue. You've participated in
>> the posts about the battery so I don't get you on this. How long
>> they last in a DAY is the issue.
>
> You got it wrong friend. I've participated in some other conversations
> here, but nothing about batteries. I might have commented in longer
> threads that discussed batteries, but my comments haven't been
> specific to batteries until now.
>
I reviewed all the posts. You're right. I owe you an apology. So here it is,
as public as was the slight.
Just so you know, there was raging thread on the daily battery life of an
iPhone battery. I believe that's what the OP was referring to though there
was a reference to the phone lasting a year, I don't believe that was
connected to the battery-life issue.
RBM wrote:
>
> I don't have an iphone or Nokia phone, but it seems to me that Apple does
> everything it can to front load it's iphone sales, so it looks impressive
> for "three days", but somehow overall, I don't think there is any comparison
> to the volume of phones sold by Nokia
Interesting point.
Apple's been in the cellular phone business for only a couple years and
has had all of TWO products on the market for only a little over a year.
And most of that time they only sold in the US and a select few other
countries.
Nokia's been selling mobile phones and various communications devices
since the mid-1960's. And they sell in about every country in the world.
I can't find exact numbers, but they have to have sold hundreds of
millions of units since then.
Carl wrote:
> Beer Drinking Dog wrote:
>> Carl wrote:
>>> Beer Drinking Dog wrote:
>>>> B. Peg wrote:
>>>>>> "Ron" wrote:
>>>>>> For anti-Apple droids here who claim the battery life in an iPhone
>>>>>> is too short for them and thats their deal breaker or should be
>>>>>> yours. Just buy a $27 external battery back. More than one if you
>>>>>> need? http://www.calcellular.com/iphone-batkit.html
>>>>> Why should I?
>>>>>
>>>>> Apple had the knowledge to do it right after their first screw-up -
>>>>> ADD A DAMN BATTERY COMPARTMENT!
>>>>>
>>>>> But no. You need to send the toy in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Opps! Did I say "toy?" - as in it's life expectancy is only one
>>>>> year anyhoo. There will be another on the horizon in another year.
>>>> I've had mine for over a year and it's still going strong. LiIons
>>>> have a longer life than a year. The one in my laptop is going on 3
>>>> years and it's fine too.
>>>>
>>> How long the batteries LIVE is not the issue. You've participated in
>>> the posts about the battery so I don't get you on this. How long
>>> they last in a DAY is the issue.
>> You got it wrong friend. I've participated in some other conversations
>> here, but nothing about batteries. I might have commented in longer
>> threads that discussed batteries, but my comments haven't been
>> specific to batteries until now.
>>
> I reviewed all the posts. You're right. I owe you an apology. So here it is,
> as public as was the slight.
>
> Just so you know, there was raging thread on the daily battery life of an
> iPhone battery. I believe that's what the OP was referring to though there
> was a reference to the phone lasting a year, I don't believe that was
> connected to the battery-life issue.
Graciously accepted. Thank you. Maybe this newsgroup isn't so bad after all.
"anonymousNetUser" <mickey@disney.com> wrote in message
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> RBM wrote:
>>
>> I don't have an iphone or Nokia phone, but it seems to me that Apple does
>> everything it can to front load it's iphone sales, so it looks impressive
>> for "three days", but somehow overall, I don't think there is any
>> comparison to the volume of phones sold by Nokia
>
> Interesting point.
>
> Apple's been in the cellular phone business for only a couple years and
> has had all of TWO products on the market for only a little over a year.
> And most of that time they only sold in the US and a select few other
> countries.
>
> Nokia's been selling mobile phones and various communications devices
> since the mid-1960's. And they sell in about every country in the world. I
> can't find exact numbers, but they have to have sold hundreds of millions
> of units since then.
That's very true and fantastic for apple, and I hope they sell phones to
more than just the same folks that bought the first models. I just question
you blind fanbois, who have this deranged attitude that the iphone is going
to take over the world and put EVERY other phone maker out of business, when
in fact they sell a niche product, which is attractive to a small percent of
the 11% of cell users that buy smart phones
On 2008-07-17, anonymousNetUser <mickey@disney.com> wrote:
> Nokia's been selling mobile phones and various communications devices
> since the mid-1960's. And they sell in about every country in the world.
> I can't find exact numbers, but they have to have sold hundreds of
> millions of units since then.
Nokia sold 115 million phones in the just first three months of 2008.
They sell a billion phones in less than 3 years these days.
Of course the bulk of what they sell is not in the same class as
the iPhone (measured by parts cost, if nothing else). I don't know
what their sales at the higher end of their product line are.
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