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Originally Posted by ksfoster
...Sure the community is going to figure out how to adjust a bunch of stuff and put out custom ROMS to improve battery life, but in the end we need to stop whining about how bad battery life is on these superphones.
You can't drive a Ferrari and expect it to get the same gas mileage as a Honda Civic.
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I hear ya, simply disagree on this though. When a device is also a phone, it needs to last longer than 8 hours per charge. Period. Regardless of its functionality. Functionality that drastically reduces the longevity (lower than 8-10 hours) needs to be redesigned to "fit" onto a phone. This is laziness on the part of Sprint. The fact that the community is able to remedy some of these issues demonstrates it.
I don't think we want to get Civic mileage out of a ferrari, we just want the ferrari to make it to the next gas station. Yes, yes - you can plan your route that has gas stations every 8 miles (a'la multiple spare batteries, hunting for plugs and charging at every possible moment) but that is a supremely unfair expectation IMO. I've been on several stressful hunts for open outlets crappy airports to charge my phone - not fun.
Providers need to focus on the big picture, not simply bloating the spec sheets. It IS possible to have both good function and battery life.
I really applaud Sprint for the hardware of the EVO and the EPIC - I'd just like more software effort from them. Great battery life would be a hell of a marketing tool given this widespread issue.