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Re: Iphone 4.0 official video

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> Chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, the glass is ultradurable.

... though the battery is still non-removable, so the ultradurability of the glass is really a moot point.

Re: Iphone 4.0 official video

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> Chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, the glass is ultradurable. ... though the battery is still non-removable, so the ultradurability of the glass is really a moot point.

Why is it still a moot point? Are you implying that the battery will go bad before the average users expected lifetime of the phone is reached?

Re: Iphone 4.0 official video

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> Chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, the glass is ultradurable. ... though the battery is still non-removable, so the ultradurability of the glass is really a moot point.

Well, not if you drop it on the pavement; though how it actually behaves in that situation remains to be seen.

Re: Iphone 4.0 official video

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> Chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, the glass is ultradurable. ... though the battery is still non-removable, so the ultradurability of the glass is really a moot point.

Jeez. Why do you think that ultra-durability is to make it easy to change the batteries? Ultra-durability is for the situations when I drop my phone by accident and instead of breaking it, it survives the drop.

And I don't understand certain folks' obsession with changeable batteries. You need to have those stupid opening compartment for batteries which always breaks down. I also remember that when my Blackberry used to hang, I would have no choice but to remove the batteries so that I can reset it. The on/off switch has always worked if my iPhone gets stuck up. Says a lot about how solid iOS is.

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