In article , "TWayne" wrote:
Do cell phone batteries just die suddenly or do they usualy loose
loose the ability to hold a charge, mine is 1.5 yrs old but today the
phone is dead, it has been holding a charge

I have never, ever known a cell phone to just "loose loose the ability
to hold a charge". It's impossible.

No, it's not impossible -- any battery can have a catastrophic failure due to
manufacturing defects; Google "Sony VAIO battery" for examples.