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Many of us know this and buy Apple products in spite of it. There are many things people like me love about Apple. But I, unlike you apparently, admit of the possibility that Apple may not be perfect. It is a choice, with tradeoffs, and one of those tradeoffs is, they HAVE to control everything. Including batteries. There are many reasons why a removable battery is nice, and NSA spying through the microphone (whether they have to have PHYSICAL ACCESS TO YOUR PHONE or not, is just one of many.

If you check my posting history, you will find that I have posted negative articles about Apple as well as positive articles. . . and I've also criticized them. Your unwarranted assumption that I believe Apple is perfect is totally wrong. I just prefer facts and truth over myth and revisionist history. . . and FUD.

Six years ago I was discussing suing Apple with my in house attorney. . . my wife died suddenly due to a massive heart attack. I was keeping her last voicemail message to me on my iPhone in my visual voicemail inbox and would listen to it daily. One morning it was gone! I frantically looked for it, called Apple support, went to the Genius Bar and was informed that Apple iPhones were set to retain voice mail for only 30 days and then automatically delete them!!! Why? No one knew why. There was no lack of memory. It was a completely arbitrary timed deletion put in by some anonymous programer. And no, voicemail is not backed up and at that time it couldn't be forwarded or copied to anything. It existed only on my phone. No, I found out, ATT did not have a copy. . . Or they wouldn't admit to having it.

A wrote a bitter, nasty letter to Steve Jobs. He called me personally to apologize for Apple's oversight and egregious error. . . and told me the issue was fixed and would be in the next iPhone update.

No, they are not perfect. They make mistakes. I decided not to sue. My lawyer said there were no economic damages and emotional damages are hard to prove.

My point is that I will correct misinformation, provide the correct data, and generally provide links to the proof. If you don't like that and think that's being a "fanboy" too bad. If you are interested in news about Apple and their products, if be glad to add your name to the ~560 other Freepers on the Apple/Mac/iPhone/iPad/iOS Ping list who have asked me to do what you have criticized me for doing: keep them appraised of what's happening in the world of Apple, and keep the fact straight when people post myths, lies, and FUD. I've been maintaining that list for almost ten years.