Quote Originally Posted by ua549 View Post
For people without access to a wall outlet battery time or lack thereof is a significant factor. I have 3 relatives who each own several iPhones because they can't swap batteries. In reality an iPhone works about a quarter of a day (business use) before the battery dies. It is like me carrying a couple of spare batteries for my notebook. That is the only reason I decided against buying an iPhone. If they had a replaceable battery ...

I was in the same situation. I bought myself one of these:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

Charges an iPhone battery from empty to full in about 2 hours. I bought one of these, and it's served me well.