Why dont they sell Disposable mobile phone batteries?

Question

"use and throw" fashion? Also, why isnt there a digital measure readout of the remaining power on a mobile phone battery? It would be easier to know how much charge it needs to be given to be considered "Charge full"? For example: Time remaining for full charge: 28 minutes? Why keep the phone user guessing on how long the battery will last?

Answer 1

1-The use of throw away batteries is costly and inconvenient and not too good on the environment either.2 -Most cell/mobile phones sold here in the UK have a little battery shaped indicator on the phones screen and this will drain(LCD) as your real battery will,giving the owner a relatively good idea when to re-charge.Happy new year.

Answer 2

I bought a new battery a few months ago, from Amazon. The prices varied tremendously. It was possible, from one seller, to buy the genuine one for less than many of the copies. I'd had mine for many years before I needed a new battery. Like you I don't wish to have to learn to use one which has many features I don't need and, probably, would never use. Get in line - I too was advised to only put the phone on charge when it was virtually flat. I have always done that. I think that is why mine lasted so long. We live in a dreadful throw away world now and are often conned into thinking we need something when we don't. Many people have the attitude "Well if he can have one like that I should be able to have one like that also" and they'll discard something still useful to start again with a different one. How ridiculous is that?

Answer 3

Disposable batteries is considered expensive and wasteful and harmful to the environment in the long haul. In the US, though, Eveready Energizer sells a unit which you can connect to your phone power jack and uses AA batteries to keep the phone usable.

The reason mfgrs don't want to put the Time Remaining for full charge is that they'd have to account for every battery charger that doesn't charge the batterty at the same rate as another. Why promise something they can't guarantee?