Re: How to get a loaner iPhone

notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Hayes) wrote:

it makes the device thicker, less reliable,

I've had mobiles for over ten years. Their reliability has never been an
issue. And if you're relying on tape of all things to secure the battery
to the PCB, well, I can't think of a less reliable method. You need some
form of clamp mechanism, and once you do that you might as well engineer
in user replacement.

BUT you've never had an Apple iPhone correct?

You are basing your entire argument on entirely obsolete equipment. All
the cell phones in europe are now completely obsolete. So you comments
aren't valid in the least. The iPhone changes the ENTIRE cell phone
market, you are completely ignoring that fact.

plus a battery like that rarely needs replacing anyway.

What if you want to carry a spare battery?

then connect another battery up! are you brain dead Peter? there are
HUNDREDS of these devices already on the market... here is just ONE:

http://www.batterygeek.net/Batterygeek_100_Hr_iPhone_and_iPod_Battery_Pac
k_p/geekpod_100_black.htm

people are thinking about traditional cell phones in this area, they
haven't yet understood this isn't a cell phone.

How does that change the basic premise that the battery could have been
made user replaceable without any cost in reliability?

how can you cut a square hole in a device without lessening its
strength? please use logic next time Peter.

What if a customer used a poor quality battery? That would REFLECT on
Apple, not the customer that made a poor choice. TRUST ME, all those
false ideas have been studied, the only way to make a reliable device
that lasts 3-5 years is build it INTO the device.

Most design decisions are tradeoffs between competing factors, Here we
have a tradeoff between looks and user (in)convenience, and the decision
taken turns out to be dumb because it places too high a burden on the
user when the battery dies. Oh, and the cost involved seems to have been
kept a secret until after the phone goes on sale.

<snip something c&p from who knows where>

??? Are you perplexed by Google as well?

One other difference with the mobile phone market, even
with higher end phones, is that many customers obtain a new phone when
the contract is renewed because of the carrier subsidy for a new phone
or a desire for the latest device features, often before a new battery
is needed.

So you're now saying the iPhone isn't going to be the mobile for the
next 80-100 years?

It depends, the iPhone will be the main cell phone for the next few
decades, WE ALL KNOW THAT, but in the 80 year time frame, a new company
could and probably WILL appear.

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