Apple Ipod’s have become almost ubiquitous of MP3 players, and perhaps the new iPhone smartphone from Apple can become the new standard of smartphone’s everywhere.

The phone’s touch system is of course it’s most remarkable attribute. The commercials are everywhere and it seems that public consciousness has been altered by the stunning feature set of the phone. The iPhone is basically a smartphone with all kinds of multimedia capabilities. It plays Mp3’s, podcasts, videos, connects to the internet and does it all wirelessly. It offers two levels of storage, 4 gigabytes and 8 gigabytes, giving the user plenty of storage for all these multimedia capabilities. The phone is powered by a proprietary Apple battery.

Apple advertises very progressive battery life estimates. With up to 250 hours of standby time, and up to 8 hours of talk time. Even playing music, MP3’s, podcasts gives up to 24 hours of play time. And you can get up to 7 hours while playing videos.

The iPhone battery stands head and shoulders above it’s closer competitors. The iPhone battery is very impressive especially compared with what it’s competitors are able to deliver, it beats Nokia’s N95 easily, as the Nokia N95’s talk time life lasts four hours. The Samsung Blackjack has a talktime rating of 5.5 hours, the Blackberry Curve 8300 and the Palm Treo 750 both have a 4 hour talktime rating, and are completely outperformed by the Apple iPhone.

The iPhone battery is truly impressive.

There is one drawback however. Even with Apple’s impressive iPhone Battery Life, the battery is internal and not removable.

Because there are no removable batteries, when you travel with an iPhone you should always bring a travel charger. Most smartphone models can have their battery easily replaced if the phone becomes discharged, while the iPhone must be charged immediately in order to use the phone. Most smartphone users, using “the usual” smartphones, purchase extra batteries for those in case of emergency situations. With the iPhone battery, this isn’t possible.

The other issue with the iPhone battery is that because of the nature of all batteries, they need replacing every few years. If that happens with an iPhone, you have to bring it to your local iStore, or iPhone shop to have it replaced by a technician.

The iPhone is a very capable phone that won’t be hampered by insufficient battery life. We think you’ll be well pleased with it.