iPhone battery
Gary
After a year I remembered that getting the extra-year service is a good
value (mainly because it would pay for itself if a new battery was
needed). BUT when I called to order it I was just a few days over the
year and they would not sell it to me.
Now it's a month later and my battery is clearly going bad.
Is therte ANY way you might suggest that I can get Apple to acknowledge
they sold me a weak battery?
Jolly Roger
Gary <gar...@hotmail.com> wrote:
What makes you think the battery is going bad exactly?
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salgud
Did you escalate your request?
Adrian C
AppleCare is $59,
Their genuine battery replacement service is $85,
<http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html>
That's 26 dollars difference. Or to put it another way, $2 "lost" per
month for the following year after the battery swap operation.
What's 2 dollars? It's half a pint of Beer here.
How much did this toy cost you?
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Adrian C
News
> Gary wrote:
>> I have a 13-month old iphone whose battery is going bad.
>>
>> After a year I remembered that getting the extra-year service is a
>> good value (mainly because it would pay for itself if a new battery
>> was needed). BUT when I called to order it I was just a few days over
>> the year and they would not sell it to me.
>>
>> Now it's a month later and my battery is clearly going bad.
>>
>> Is therte ANY way you might suggest that I can get Apple to
>> acknowledge they sold me a weak battery?
>
> AppleCare is $59,
> Their genuine battery replacement service is $85,
Getting Apple to admit a poor design --- PRICELESS!
RBnDFW
17 million sold to date.
Imperfect yes, but not poor design.
nospam
<em...@here.invalid> wrote:
> AppleCare is $59,
> Their genuine battery replacement service is $85,
and third parties offer battery replacement for much less.
Larry
news:michelle-C52A7B...@nothing.attdns.com:
> In article <he6oea$a0l$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> RBnDFW <burkh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > Getting Apple to admit a poor design --- PRICELESS!
>>
>> 17 million sold to date.
>>
>> Imperfect yes, but not poor design.
>
> To people like "News" and Larry, anything by Apple is poor design and
> poor execution.
>
If he just squeezes the fruitphone, it'll short out the battery, set fire
to the PoS and Apple will give him a new one before his lawyer can file
against them.
Is there a problem? His battery HAS a history of shorting out, right?!
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Larry
Gary
> In article <00bf9700$0$6697$c3e...@news.astraweb.com>,
> Gary <gar...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a 13-month old iphone whose battery is going bad.
>>
>> After a year I remembered that getting the extra-year service is a good
>> value (mainly because it would pay for itself if a new battery was
>> needed). BUT when I called to order it I was just a few days over the
>> year and they would not sell it to me.
>>
>> Now it's a month later and my battery is clearly going bad.
>>
>> Is therte ANY way you might suggest that I can get Apple to acknowledge
>> they sold me a weak battery?
>
> What makes you think the battery is going bad exactly?
With minimal use, It takes a SIGNIFICANTLY shorter time for the battery
to discharge. In the last few days the battery has gone completely
dead twice (again, with minimal use).
News
It's a feature...
Adrian C
Not having a user removable and replacable battery was a poor choice.
I'm quite supprised that someone hasn't yet designed a replacement
slighty thicker rubberised rugged case with a battery port and other
hardware goodies.
I'd like one for my original iPod touch - something that adds a speaker
(or two!) so I can pass it around socially without the use of earphones.
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Adrian C
Jolly Roger
Gary <gar...@hotmail.com> wrote:
How sure are you some rogue application / process isn't draining the
battery? Is it jail broken?
nospam
<em...@here.invalid> wrote:
> I'm quite supprised that someone hasn't yet designed a replacement
> slighty thicker rubberised rugged case with a battery port and other
> hardware goodies.
several companies have.
nospam
> > What makes you think the battery is going bad exactly?
>
> With minimal use, It takes a SIGNIFICANTLY shorter time for the battery
> to discharge. In the last few days the battery has gone completely
> dead twice (again, with minimal use).
do you have any apps that use push notifications? you can try turning
all of that off (settings app) and see if that makes any difference.
you can also bring the phone to an apple store where they can run some
diagnostics and determine the health of the battery. checking it is
free but replacement out of warrant won't be, however, there are third
party replacement options that are much cheaper than apple.
Adrian C
OK, I'm looking ...
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Adrian C
pb
Adrian C
Wow. Saw one of those at the gym this morning ...
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Adrian C
Adrian C
> pb wrote:
>>> OK, I'm looking ...
>>
>> Go to mopie.com.
>
> Wow. Saw one of those at the gym this morning ...
>
Ah, think you mean't
http://www.mophie.com/juice-pack-air-p/1059_jpa-ip3g-blk.htm
Thanks. Interesting products, but I'm thinking of some product that rips
out the original case and battery. Remember the recasing craze for
mobile phones.
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Adrian C
salgud
> Adrian C <em...@here.invalid> wrote in
> news:7mqocvF...@mid.individual.net:
>
snip
>
> Go to mopie.com.
Very funny. A web site about pie.
Robert Haar
pb
news:1p7b6d33r0fgj$.1hbjtrxu...@40tude.net:
Thank you. Can I buy an 'h'?
pb
Thank you Robert, you are correct on both counts.
salgud
Thanks.