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[Roger Austin <raustin3 AT nc.rr.com>]

Brian Henning wrote:
> Five or six years is a long lifespan for a lithium-ion battery (which most
> cell phones these days use) in active duty (on a 3-5 day charge/discharge
> cycle).  I think I remember reading somewhere that a more typical useful
> lifespan for a Li-ion is about 3 years.
>
> Five or six years is an even longer lifespan for a single phone.  Many major
> carriers offer some sort of trade-up bargain after some period of time
> (Verizon, for example, allows you to get a bargain on a new phone every two
> years on certain plans).  By today's market standards, your battery should
> outlast your phone.
>
> With that said, I recommend Batteries Plus.  They are scattered about the
> Triangle, tend to have seemingly knowledgeable staff and average prices, and
> have batteries for darn near everything.  Definitely will have something for
> any popular model of cellular phone.

 Thanks for the idea. I had googled around to get some ideas, but
I figured this group would have been through it before.
 I was amused that a lifespan for a phone would be five or six
years. We have rotary dial phones that my sweetheart wants to put
back in service. It was a major accomplishment to get her to
accept my push button phones when we moved. Now, we even have those
fancy phones where they don't have wires on the handsets.
 She took to the cell phone since I got it mostly for safety since
she was driving a twenty year old Chevy. I don't understand why a
cell phone would wear out though.
 Thanks, Roger
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