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Then something is wrong with your iPhone. Many news sources[1] say the Droid X2 lasts literally hours (5 in this test), due to the multi-core processor.

1. http://www.laptopmag.com/review/cell-phones/motorola-droid-x...

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It depends how you use the phone. Android phones can last between 5 hours to 3 days. It all depends on usage. Just because you heard or experienced 1.5 days of battery life with iPhone, and then you heard somewhere else that Droid X2 stayed 5 hours on a charge, doesn't mean the iPhone's battery is 3x better.

Games or heavy wifi browsing can easily eat into your battery life in several hours, regardless of the phone.

they ran a bettery test for 1 hour and extrapolated the result which gave: the X2 should last about 5 hours and 20 minutes on a charge

and one important thing in the next line: and 5:39 for the average smartphone.

So it's pretty much in line with what the parent posted...

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