Featuring an impressive talk time of 8 hours and standby time of 250 hours, Apple assures hours and hours of listening, talking and watching You Tube videos on the iPhone.

Need a replacement for the battery? Apple now has the iPhone Battery Replacement Program. For $85.95, which includes the shipping cost, the battery will be replaced for you by Apple. The iPhone can be sent or dropped off to your nearest Apple store. Be warned stored information will be lost during the repair process so be sure to sync your data to iTunes all . A solution for the 3 business day wait? Apple is also offering an AppleCare Service phone for your use while the iPhone is being repaired for the cost of $29. Synching this service phone to your iTunes will allow you to use all of your own data.

With all the work being done for you, what’s the setback? The iPhone is made so that isn’t user friendly when it comes to replacing. As compared to any other cell phones, “smart phones”, or even their own iPods, the batteries can be easily replaced with the correct tools for less than $20. Unlike the iPhone battery which is shown to be soldered according to iFixit.com’s disassembly, a typical Treo will only need your bare hands for the replacement. The way the iPhone is built, it also seems insinuate that Apple is monopolizing the battery replacement and possibly attempting to out win the aftermarket batteries (which, in fact, works just as well for a cheaper cost).

Will this discourage iPhone fanatics? Not likely as Apple ups the customer care more and more by providing an extended one year warranty with another opening of the wallet for $69.

http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/service/battery/