Originally posted by knoxploration
Truth be told, this is a non-issue for most people.
I don't know so much.
In my dealings with people I have often discussed their needs and wants with regards to consumer electronic products.
What I have noticed is an even more prevalent trend then what I even expected.
That is that people are so sick of custom batteries that not only do they boycott them they simply don't bother buying anything.
Their past experiences have disappointed them so much they just don't buy the products at all any more.
Instead they spend their disposable incomes on zero maintenance items like pay tv etc.
Ask `Joe Consumer'.
Do you have a camcorder? `No, I got sick of the batteries dieing & they were always expensive and hard to find. Every model seems to take a different battery. Why do they do that?
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Ask a person what they do when the battery in their mobile phone dies? Nine out of ten people will most likely answer, `we throw the phone away and buy a new phone'. They don't even bother to price a battery.
Ask a person what are the things they hate the most in consumer electronics.
Most will answer expensive weird shaped batteries that they can never find replacements for and printer ink cartridges.
AA's are a good universal format. Pentax realises this and that's why they make cameras that take them.
Now all they need to do is take this one step further and incorporate 14500 AA Li-Ion support to keep both sides of the fence happy.
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