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F*O*A*D

On 9/9/14 3:22 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:48:19 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

My "problem" with the iPhone battery is not the cost of replacement so
much as it is Apple's never ending quest to make its phones thinner and
thinner and thinner. The iPhone 6 introduced today is even thinner than
the iPhone 5S. For Apple, the thinness means a sealed phone that
requires pain in the ass effort to change out the battery. My old 'droid
phone allowed me to open up the back of the case and pop in a newly
charged and really larger battery.

I didn't see anything in the iPhone 6 announcement today that will
motivate me to became an "early adopter."

The kid who works for my wife is standing in line for one as we speak.
He is eating the whole $800 nut to buy it since he does not want to
lose his current contract.

The funny thing, he is buying it because the screen is the same size
as my wife's Note II.. He was originally critical of it.

The really big new iPhone 6 is so large, I doubt it will fit into my
shirt pocket, which is where I like to keep my cell. The iPhone I have
now barely fits in with its Otterbox rubber case.

Here's a funny. I have an old LG VX8300 flip phone, left over from about
2007 when I bought my first Android phone. My brother in law busted his
phone and he's not eligible for a new phone at no cost for a few months.
So, I found my old LG and turned it on and voila! The battery had enough
juice to power up, even though it has been sitting in a drawer for seven
years. I got it changed over to his number and mailed it to him. I knew
it would work because it worked when I stuffed it into my junk drawer,
but I was amazed the battery still had juice.