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Well, i don't think there is much of a difference between an iPhone and the Googlephones i had. It's round about one day of usage for both. You can get more days with less usage and turning off stuff, for sure, but ever since Apple and Google entered the market i've not seen a substantial difference in battery life.

I am wondering which manufacturer will be the first to deliver a decent smartphone that works for one week, that'd probable one of the best selling smartphones ever sold..

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What is the use-case for the one-week battery? I plug my phone in every night when I go to bed and this has not seemed overly onerous.

Ok, another question: You think it would be acceptable to have a car that can only drive 100 miles? Why would you want more?

What would be the refill/recharge time for this car? Is the alternative to have a 100gallon gas tank or towable battery array?

I can charge my phone in under an hour. I can do so in the car, at my desk, or any of hundreds of other places given the ubiquity of micro-usb. For me, once I can go all day on a charge any excess capacity just means more weight/bulk.

A week-long battery would be obscenely large, the phone unnecessarily heavy all while providing nearly zero benefit to my use case.

I like how you use the word "phone".. a few years ago i had a phone that held weeks without recharging, that was awesome.

Now: god forbid if i forget my charger when on business trips!

Battery tech is constantly advencing too, but instead of using that extra power for longer battery life they put in more useless stuff. Who needs a fing barometer in his mobile!?

And by "phone" I mean "always-on internet-connected portable computer". Come to think of it that may be the source of the dissatisfaction: thinking of your device as a phone rather than a portable computer that also makes phone calls.

Still no reason not to go for more battery life.

Can any reasonable person honestly think manufacturers aren't trying; really? It's starting to sound like a people actually believe this is a conspiracy.

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