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| Scott wrote:
> ZnU <znu@fake.invalid> wrote in news:znu-6A1362.21033102072007
> @individual.net:
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> Every two or three years? Try every year or two (at best). Because of the
> tweaks they made to extend the charge life and the fact that this is not an
> iPod means that battery life will not be as robust as you claim. The GSM
> and wifi applications alone will both require much more power than a
> siomplew iPod. As a result of this, battery replacement will probably be
> an annual event, especially for those living in fringe coverage areas.
Even with deep discharge, the Li-Ion battery will last 300-500 cycles.
If the owner is discharging the battery completely every day, then yeah,
a year or so, but I suspect that most users won't be doing that after
the initial excitement wears off. If they're doing only a partial
discharge every day, then a recharge, they should get 1000 cycles out of
the battery, which is about three years. After three years you usually
have to replace a Li-Ion battery no matter how many charge cycles it's
gone through.
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