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Remember Apple's AA Battery Charger? It'll Be a Vintage Product Soon
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Gotta love people who pay top dollar for used up broken things.
Not at all. That's about what you'd pay right now for a quality set of Japanese-built Eneloops and a charger. The batteries take a very solid charge, have a great shelf life, and are good for tons of cycles.
On the other hand, I guess $29 also buys you X number of disposable batteries which you can keep throwing away and replacing forever.
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My receiver doesn't do sound through HDMI, so ATV3 is great with a separate optical audio port.
Shame they took that away in all the subsequent versions. But it is getting on now, especially software wise...
Shame they took that away in all the subsequent versions. But it is getting on now, especially software wise...
I've been slowly buying 2021 ATV 4K's and selling ATV 4's since the 2021 was released. I'm only about halfway done, sold another 4 today on eBay, immediately listed another.
That charger is still at my desk collecting dust.
Very finicky to try charging the batteries even when new. 😓
Very finicky to try charging the batteries even when new. 😓
I just looked in my desk drawer to see if I still have the battery charger, and I do. Now that it's vintage, I'm thinking five-figures on ebay?
My third gen Apple TV still works very well as day 1, so I don’t understand why it have been declared as vintage. THAT’S UNFAIR.
I have several of these and they were actually cheaper than competing kits.
In fact the whole apple charger and battery kit was cheaper than the equivalent number of batteries from the competition.
Apple now days would have the charger without batts and you would have to buy them separately for £100
I wonder how many firmware updates that AA battery charger required in its lifetime
People laugh at this now, but at the time this was the best charger on the market with incredible batteries. Yes they were rebrands of the industry-leader, but the pricing was unreal.
Same! Still use it as well for my Magic Mouse…no need to throw it out if it is working.
Yep, my ATV3 is only the second ATV I've owned, and it still has a place next to the "home theater" setup in the house, such as it is. Definitely getting on a bit, but we still use it for Netflix/Prime, the occasional iTunes rental, and streaming music to the amp. We just don't use our 1080p TV enough to really justify a new ATV, no matter how cheap they are, or how many things it does.
Replaceable rechargeable batteries? Apple would never stand for such a thing today. It's all about glued together, unserviceable and disposable to maximize profits.
Not looking firward to the day I can’t use my mouse cause it charging with a cord sticking out the bottom of it #rolleyes
And if history went in the other direction people would complain that they used to be able to charge with lightning and now Apple is making them buy extra parts to maximize profits...
I still use mine. The original batteries that it came with no longer hold a full charge though and my old trackpad that needed AA's has been relegated to my son 
I love the charger, still use it with an aging pair of brand-less silver Apple AAs
Do any other AAs work with this charger or should I just throw out the perfectly functional charger?
Yes. Need some EU government action here. Single-use batteries should be phased out except in specialist applications where there is no good alternative.
They're probably in that old-style Magic Mouse or Apple Wireless Keyboard you have sitting in a box or drawer somewhere.
