I really dont see what the big deal is here. apple covers the battery for a year, and 2 years if you have apple care. when a battery dies on any other phone you have to buy a new one to replace it when its out of warranty. you have to do the same with the iphone... you just cant do it yourself. why is this greedy?
people be crazy bout this battery.

How could you possibly know that sales have "dropped like a cliff". Are you telepathic? Wait, wait... were you in the movie with the creepy albino kids and that damn village?

I dont know what youre talking about Lloyd. Moto only sold 750,000 razrs in its first quarter on the market. Now, it did sell quite well later on, hitting 50 million in its first 2 years.

But the Razr a phone that was obscenely subsidized. They were practically giving them away after its initial high price ticket. The iPhone on the other hand is a $500-600 device and it sold 270k in its first 30 hours. I think thats pretty fucking good.

the battery is covered under warranty. you would only have to pay that $79 after your one year standard warranty is up, or 2 years if you buy AppleCare. $79 is pretty average for a cell phone battery...