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Sunday, July 8, 2007
Battery problems for the iPhone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The battery on the iPhone is beginning to create some buzz, but not the sort that Apple would like. Is it serious - no, I don’t think so in terms of sales - I believe some people just have to have the iPhone (quite literally) at any cost. So they won’t be deterred. But I do think it’s something that may be changed in 2nd generation iPhones.
The problem with the battery is that it is hard wired into the phone. So unlike any other cellular phone I have used you can’t just pop another battery in. And - based on who is talking - that iPhone battery will last between 300 to 500 recharging cycles. So - when it comes time to replace that battery - you have to take it back to Apple. Before you’re done, you’ll have paid more than $100. There’s a story about all that linked here.
There are two other reasons that is a problem for users. For one, you’ll be without the iPhone while it’s in for surgery - the option is to go without or to rent another iPhone from Apple. The other problem - and it’s especially true for people such as my real estate agent wife - is that heavy cellular users do not have the option of carrying along a second battery. You can read about it at the link here.
Like I said, it’s not a fatal problem and won’t cut into sales much if at all. But I’ll bet you big money (well, not enough to buy an iPhone) that the problem is fixed in future iPhones. All this was inevitable, of course. When a product gets as much good attention as has happened with the iPhone, the bad attention is almost sure to follow.
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