My current cell phone is a Moto RAZR V3M. An all around decent phone, but I've never been happy with the battery life on it. I've gone through several batteries on this thing, and even when new and properly cared for, they quickly lose a huge portion of their life. Right now, I unplugged the phone at full charge around noon, and it's already almost dead. Only about 10 hours, and during that time, bluetooth was off, it wasn't connected to the web, and I made only two calls totaling less than 2 minutes. Ridiculous.
I have another battery for it in reserve which I'm going to have to install. My old Nokia was a clunky piece of crap, but when it was new, I'd last 7-10 days between charges with moderate use. I think the most I've ever gotten out of my RAZR is 2.5 days, even when I had a so-called high capacity battery (I've since switched back to standard batteries since the high-capacity ones aren't worth the extra money).
I know that battery capacity is always getting better in newer devices, but at the same time they keep cramming in more power-hungry features, so the net gain in battery life - if any - is negligible.
What I'd love to see in a next-gen cell phone (and for that matter, other portable high-tech gadgets including the iPod touch) is not fancy new features or more storage capacity, or making the devices smaller, but rather an upgrade that focused solely on making the battery last longer between recharges and longer between replacements. I don't even average one call per day, and make sure to not abuse the batteries, so there is NO good reason why I should have such poor battery life. If that means the device has to be a little chunkier, or can't have a built-in camera, or have customizable ringtones, so be it.
I have another battery for it in reserve which I'm going to have to install. My old Nokia was a clunky piece of crap, but when it was new, I'd last 7-10 days between charges with moderate use. I think the most I've ever gotten out of my RAZR is 2.5 days, even when I had a so-called high capacity battery (I've since switched back to standard batteries since the high-capacity ones aren't worth the extra money).
I know that battery capacity is always getting better in newer devices, but at the same time they keep cramming in more power-hungry features, so the net gain in battery life - if any - is negligible.
What I'd love to see in a next-gen cell phone (and for that matter, other portable high-tech gadgets including the iPod touch) is not fancy new features or more storage capacity, or making the devices smaller, but rather an upgrade that focused solely on making the battery last longer between recharges and longer between replacements. I don't even average one call per day, and make sure to not abuse the batteries, so there is NO good reason why I should have such poor battery life. If that means the device has to be a little chunkier, or can't have a built-in camera, or have customizable ringtones, so be it.
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