[WafflesAndSyrup]

You know how people say the battery life on most of these new phones are crap? Also a carrier fault. Almost any "stripped" custom ROM for Android is much better than the carrier bloatware version that is shipped by default.

[redbaron]

with the same usage pattern as I had with my iPhone 3g (obviously the 4 is considerably better than the old models, not trying to rain on that parade) i was getting about 10-12 hours of heavy use, or about 17-18 with normal moderate use before it would shut off due to no battery. With the streak I can get about 28-36 hours with the moderate/light use, and about 18 with the old "heavy use" metric.

Now that i'm using multiple hours on the phone every day I'm charging way more often, but part of that is the joy of having a smartphone, you can't charge it every 4 days like you can with the old Motorola SLVR & the like.

I throw my phone on the charger when there's one around so that I have the max charge when I'm headed out (and i do carry a spare battery)

I wouldn't expect more than a day out of any smartphone though, honestly.

[WafflesAndSyrup]

Best case scenario for most Android phones (with a normal 1400-1700mAh manufacturer battery) is about 2 days, and that's for your average phone. Once we start hitting these dual-core (although I think they actually use less power than single-core) phones with 4G (LTE and WiMAX), it drops significantly.

I just received my new Evo 4G two days ago. I haven't even gotten into any "power user" usage yet, and I find myself having to throw it on the charger around every four hours or so with light Facebook, texting, and general whatever use. This is with WiMAX off (Cedar Point doesn't have Sprint 4G), WiFi and Bluetooth off, and screen brightness just up high-enough for me to see what I'm doing outside.

Originally Posted by redbaron

I wouldn't expect more than a day out of any smartphone though, honestly.

As much as I loved going days without charging my RAZR, I finally accepted the fact that until battery tech starts improving (and carriers stop bloating the OS), low battery life is just one of those things that comes with owning a smartphone. Between car, wall, and USB chargers, one is almost always around power anyway. That hardly makes your phone sound "mobile", but that's the price to pay.