On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, William T Goodall wrote:
> > On 16 Oct 2007, at 21:25, Andrew Crystall wrote: > >> On 16 Oct 2007 at 21:09, William T Goodall wrote: >> >>> On 16 Oct 2007, at 20:43, Andrew Crystall wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Most mobile phone companies take the battery back now, and indeed >>>> give you a steep discount on a new one if you hand them the old one >>>> >>> >>> Cite. >>> >> >> Quite apart from reading your carrier's returns policy (assuming you >> don't have the non-returnable battery in the iPhone of course...), > > I have a pay as you go O2 and there is nothing on their site about > giving me a discount on batteries that I can see. If it is there it > is so well hidden that it might as well not be there as far as my > decision making goes. And they appear to want to take my whole phone > for recycling. > >> there are dedicated services like http://www.fonebak.com/ > > They take whole phones, not batteries, and there's nothing at all on > that site about discounts or refunds. > >> >>> >>>> Having an internal >>>> battery glued in means you can't carry a spare (making it unsuitable >>>> for still further usage), and drastically increases the price of the >>>> battery to the consumer. >>>> >>> >>> I have never heard of anyone carrying a spare battery for their phone >>> ever. If there are such people they are so few that catering to their >>> needs would be ridiculous for any sensible manufacturer. >> >> ...? >> >> People carry spare batteries for electrical equipment, including >> mobiles, all the time. I keep a spare, charged mobile battery in my >> backpack. > > That makes you the first person I've ever heard of in my life who > claims to do that. I did grant there were a few of you. My previous phone had batteries for which a desktop charger was available. I kept one charged as a spare and never ran into the phone-totally-out-of-juice problem (except for once or twice when I forgot to take the charged spare with me). My current phone does not have this option, because the manufacturer thinks it's a weird thing to want, and it annoys the crap out of me. I'm almost tempted to see if I can get a second phone that takes the same kind of battery just to use as a charger. (There may be some available for as little as $40 at my favorite grocery store; it's my favorite grocery store because if I really wanted to, I could buy a limited selection of power tools there at midnight, and the ownership isn't out to screw everyone else as badly as Wal-Mart seems to be.) Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
