Could someone explain to me about the batterys in the Latitude?

With a targeted 15-month stable life cycle, the Latitude 3330 represents a smart choice for an easy to manage environment and effective control.

I'm really confused by this statement, I've never ordered one of these before but I really like the design than the usual XPS/Inspiron but are these kind of laptops just not to be used in the home on a daily basis?

So do these battery's literally only last 15 months or what? Totally confused to be honest as I'm still rocking a 10 year old HP laptop so I'm guessing they are not meant to be used around the home?

Sorry for this dumb question but Dell themselves can't give me an easy to understand answer lol.

 

It just means that the laptop itself will be available for 15 months before it goes EoL (I think; this is all just product management speak).

This has nothing to do with battery longevity; that will depend on how much and how often you use the battery, etc.

 

Thanks for that Wolf!

 

On the topic of batteries - the latitude line is quite convenient because not only is your battery shared between different models, but also with the e6x20 generation of latitudes. There are over a dozen laptops that use the same 6 and 9-cell batteries. You will have a cheap and plentiful supply on ebay should you ever need to replace it down the line.

Plus, if you're able to keep a device going for 10+ years, you're probably going to be just fine regarding the longevity of your 3330, lol.

 

Been using and supporting latitudes for the past 10+ years, I find their standard batteries (either standard size or extended capacity) typically lasts about 10 to 12 months before they can only hold 1/2 their original design charge. There's a reason why the warranty on the battery is only 1 year.

They do sell a 3 year warranty battery that has slightly less capacity than the regular battery, but is guaranteed to hold 50% or more charge for a minimum of 3 years. It is usually about a $80 or so upgrade. We order these with all latitudes now. So far they are out lasting the regular batteries, but we don't have any that are 3 years old yet so don't know if they will truly last 3 years. But either case they are covered by a 3 year warranty instead of a 1 year on the regular batteries.

 

About battery usage in most recent laptops, I am amazed how little useful information users actually have...
Please save, engrave and divulge the following:
Lithium batteries work the opposite as the older generation Nickel ones (NiCd / NiCad), The newer ones last much longer if not fully discharged. Actually starting the recharge cycle with a remaining 20% or 30% capacity, produces negligible wear over time.

After almost two years of use CPUID Hardware Monitor shows a 10% wear on my Vostro 3450, i5-2410M with 6 cells, which still provides me over 4 hours of life, (leaving out the said 20%) while web browsing at 60% brightness, backlit keyboard off, on Intel HD graphics.

And there are two upgrades that combined do increase the battery life an extra usable hour.
-1st replace your RAM for faster and low voltage 1,35v ones
-and 2nd, replace the hard disk for a low electricity consumption SSD.

Hope it helps

 

And the above said also applies to your phone