I hate too=small batteries in devices.

A big source of frustration is how makers of electronics try to get away with the damn smallest or thinnest battery they can find. Worse, is the bit with batteries you can't replace, like the iPhone. Would you buy a car with a battery you can't replace? No. So, why would you buy an expensive phone with a sealed-in battery like the iPhone?

What's really bad about smart phones is that you're lucky to get home from work with it "flying on fumes" after you left in the morning with a full charge. That is unacceptable. A lot of people buy a smart phone for the first time not knowing how bad they are on battery only to find out the hard way when it makes a noise that is the "low fuel idiot alarm". What a disappointment for the new user. Yet, people accept it. Why I find this unacceptable is that I refuse to leave a $500 phone sitting out in ANY workplace where anyone can get at it.

I once worked in a place where spiteful people messed with my stuff just out of spite. For example I would use in the break area this one large fan owned by the company. So, an idiot snipped the cord right at its engine housing to be sure I couldn't fix it. If you worked with jerks like this, would you want to leave a smart phone sitting out rigged to a charger? Where a prick could grab it, drop it on the floor, and run it over with a forklift? In short, a smart phone needs to be able to go for a FULL WEEKEND on one charge, with normal use. Yep, from a Friday morning to the following Monday evening before the "low fuel idiot alarm" goes off.

With the iPhone, this with batteries you can't replace, is completely inexcusable. Batteries wear out. Keep the same car battery aboard a car, and sooner or later, the car will fail to start. Would you buy a car with a sealed-in battery? No. It has come to my attention that the Mac Book Air, another Apple product, has a glued-in battery that has a shape that resembles a gerrymandered congressional district. And it's gerrymandered in 3-D while you're at it.

As I type this out, I'm testing out a laptop hooked to a a power supply that can run from a car battery and its input is hooked to a pair of emergency light batteries while I sit in a bar with free wifi. The idea is to get a laptop that keeps going and going and going....