Dvorak: iPhone Battery Dies after 40 Mins

John Dvorak's iSkepticism continues with an alleged leak, sourced to a Cingular rep, which claims that under tests, iPhone batteries are crapping out after 40 minutes. Dvorak made the claims in a recent episode of popular podcast This Week in Tech. Moreover, the phone itself is said to be in a poor state only months before release, with "lots of issues" and a screwy interface.

"He says the amateur mistake that they made is not having a removable battery,” Dvorak said. “You run 20 minutes and you’re using up half the battery power. You get 40 minutes total talk time. And the interface fouls up constantly."

Though I'm sick of the hype too, I can't even grunt out an accessory "hoo!" for this one. It's more of a noncomittal "enh," if not a fully-formed "bah!" The battery problem, if it's real (rather than because, say, they're testing units with throwaway test batteries), will be fixed. And anyone who thinks Apple will allow the interface to be twitchy is just banging their shoe on the desk.

Dvorak on iPhone Battery [The Apple Blog]