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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Why does not caring about removable batteries make anyone a fanboy? In fact, I think your demand for the freedom to pay $90 to replace your own battery is pretty questionable.
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A genuine iPhone 4 battery does not cost $90. That's the price Apple charges you. you can buy a genuine one for $15. An after-market one for $10. It only costs Apple about $5 to manufacture a battery. The willingness to pay Apple whatever they put on their pricetag (and this applies to every other manufacturer as well, I am not choosing favorites) is something I find questionable.
The point many people are putting across is about consumer friendliness and freedom of choice here. An iPhone does eat power quite quickly if you use it at maxmium brightness and use the WiFi often during the day. Why not allow the consumer to just have a backup power supply that is portable? I know some people who carry 2 phones because of this.
And yes, if a consumer does want to pay $90 because he uses his iPhone for business and is out travelling all the time away from a power source and wants a convenient way to instantly refresh the power of his device, why not let him? You don't have to make rationalizations for it. It is just what it is and may be important to some people if not yourself.
I can understand where Apple is coming from. They want to maintain their control over the servicing of phones and prevent consumers from using aftermarket batteries (which is inevitable given Apple's pricing). They may see this as a quality control issue to maintain the quality of their brand. This makes sense to me but likewise, there is no need to go to their defense either. Ultimately I am a consumer who wants control over that choice. Not the other way around. This is just for me.