The Apple iPhone 400 Charge Issue - will iOS 4 and iPhone 4 Make the Issue Worse? A solution
Written by LBSzone
Monday, 28 June 2010
Thinking about getting yourself an iPhone 4,
or perhaps you have the iPhone 3G S and aren’t eligible for your
upgrade yet, here’s a tip for y0u about an important issue that Apple
doesn’t seem to want to share (or at least make it visibly public).
Simply put, your iPhone can be charged 400 Times, a charge being each
time you plug in the power cord… so if you charge your iPhone through
the night, use it during the day, then charge it in the car on the
drive home, you’ve just used 2 of your precious charges. Do this every
day and the battery in your device (which is not swappable) will
provide optimal power for about 200 days.
When the iPhone battery charges are used up, users will soon notice
of considerable lack of battery sustainability with a “full charge”
lasting only several hours and getting progressively worse. As an
example, my 9 month old iPhone 3GS currently lasts about 3 hours after
a full night’s charge. I spent some time with Apple support – luckily
my one year factory warranty is still in place. Apparently this is a
very well known issue and Apple has the solution for you – BUY THE $69 PROTECTION PLAN
when you purchase your device… or, if you don’t have it go add it to
your account now. Apple informs me that those who possess the
protection plan with their account can receive a “free” replacement
battery, although I believe that by replacement they actually will
replace your iPhone with a new one and discard your old device –
after-all, the battery is not swappable so simply replacing the battery
is likely not an option.
I’m guessing that with the new, iPhone 4 this issue will likely
continue and even get worse (not confirmed) the reason – multi-tasking.
With iPhone iOS4 users can run several tasks simultaneously, thus
adding to the drain on power and result in the need for more frequent
charging. And so I urge you to grab yourself the extra $69 protection,
otherwise the cost will be $100 when you eventually have to address
this matter… and you will! Hey Apple, thanks for telling us
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