Jon Phillips wrote: > Just like the iPhone's battery, the > lightbulb could not be removed! Outrageous!
I'm not overly surprised :-) If the rest of the electronics don't give up earlier, such a LED lamp should easily last for 5 years of continuous use and it probably doesn't mind being turned on or off a lot either. For decorative lamps, this means a service life of something like 20-40 years. By the time you'd need a replacement bulb, the technology would have moved on and it would almost certainly be incompatible or prohibitively expensive. Phone batteries are different because such a battery doesn't last for more than a small number of years, even with very light use. And the enclosure tends to be considerably more expensive, let alone the enclosure to battery-or-lamp price ratio. > I realized that making products just for the tech industry is > dead. Huh ? It's just a different market, with different rules. But yes, the average customer isn't likely to welcome something like this radio in their living room anymore: http://www.classic-worldband.com/pages/1980/grundig_satellit_2400.htm (It looked even more impressive/intimidating in real life than on the photo.) - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
