iPhone Battery Shocker

Topics Mac on July 8th, 2007

Just days after the launch of the sacred Apple iPhone in the US, and amidst an unexpectedly mixed set of reviews, CNET News reports that owners of the highly desirable shiny black squarkbox will have to stump up $79 for replacement battery packs, plus another $7.00 for shipping back to Apple. That’s bad enough but the real problem is that all data on the phone will be lost and it will be up to users to back it up first. Apple claims the battery should be good for between 300 and 400 charge-discharge cycles before capacity falls to the point where it needs replacing. To be fair this is fairly typical for most lithium-ion packs, though on most phones, when it happens, you just buy a new battery and slot it in…