$49 for a device that: 1) should have come with removable batteries like a standard phone 2) allowing you to take a charged spare with you which actually costs less than this device 3) ...and swapped in on-the-fly at any time the battery dies 4) ...with no charging downtime 5) ...and no nightly charging rituals needed. 6) ...and that doesn't have to be returned to the manufacturer/ distributor for desoldering and replacement (with yet more downtime) once its useful life of 400-500ish charge cycles is up. http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/service/battery/
The "nonremovable-battery-at-all-costs" logic would baffle me entirely if not for the obvious economic benefits Apple get from it ($85.95 USD for a spare batt, niiiice work if you can get it).
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$49 for a device that:
1) should have come with removable batteries like a standard phone
2) allowing you to take a charged spare with you which actually costs less than this device
3) ...and swapped in on-the-fly at any time the battery dies
4) ...with no charging downtime
5) ...and no nightly charging rituals needed.
6) ...and that doesn't have to be returned to the manufacturer/ distributor for desoldering and replacement (with yet more downtime) once its useful life of 400-500ish charge cycles is up.
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/service/battery/
The "nonremovable-battery-at-all-costs" logic would baffle me entirely if not for the obvious economic benefits Apple get from it ($85.95 USD for a spare batt, niiiice work if you can get it).