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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
They really disappointed me with this whole you have to send this back to us to get it to work again kind of thing when the Ipod's came out...to see that they are screwing over people again with this phone that could almost double as a remote control for the space shuttle makes me even madder.
If someone wants to give them their money, great go for it. Me? Im happy with my Motorola phone and my creative labs mp3 player
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I understand where you're coming from but to me it's not really a big issue. It's no different than buying a Porsche and having to take it to a Porsche dealership to get it fixed. Apple has decided on a design but instead of only being able to take it to Apple stores, they have allowed third-parties to step in and make the repair go smoothly as well as give the consumers options on when/where they want their product fixed.
Sure, I won't be looking at the iPhone until it is available with a replaceable battery, but that's only because I go through batteries like crazy and I like to keep an extra battery handy.
I don't really see how it's screwing people over. People have known for quite a while that the iPhone would be released without a removeable battery, and the people who purchased one, weighed that factor against the others and decided it wasn't much of an issue. Charging for the replacement is only common sense to the business model of any company. I could understand anger if the batteries failed every couple weeks or after a few months, but the fact that the iPod batteries handled so well is testament that this phone with it's non-replaceable unit will be around long enough until you see v2.
So basically, are you saying that if I handed you a Macbook Pro you wouldn't take it??