Already the wet blankets are out in force

From MacNN.com:

The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FCTR) today warned Apple CEO Steve Jobs and AT&T chief Randall Stephenson that both executives must agree to new consumer safeguards with regard to the iPhone that will hit store shelves at 6:00 p.m. ET this evening. FCTR founder Harvey Rosenfield points to two “serious potential problems” with the current iPhone launch in an open letter. “Unlike all other handheld phones, the iPhone battery is not user replaceable,” Rosenfield wrote. “If news reports are correct, the iPhone battery could require replacement within one year.” The fact that neither Apple nor AT&T have disclosed whether they will charge customers to replace failing batteries has led the FTCR to officially call upon both firms to provide free and immediate replacement at retail locations for the life of the iPhone.

Read the whole story at http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/06/29/ftcr.iphone.warning/

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