Re: Thinking of Getting a Smartphone
 

With current battery technology I'm not sure that much can be done to extend the time they last. I use Li-Po batteries for my model heli but they are a touch unstable for devices such as mobiles, laptops etc.

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Mmmmmm.

You seem to be putting together a circular argument which is only valid if one accepts your proposition of "the profit hungry replacement battery industry". Surely these people would need to be in cahoots with the smartphone manufacturers, since they are, as their name states, the "replacement battery" industry...

I have had smartphones since the iPaq and Palm Treo, and whilst none of them were particularly good on battery life (due to the points mentioned before), none of them ever needed replacement batteries; my teams now supply around 850 smartphones to our internal customers, and we have very few battery replacement requirements (spare chargers, yes....).

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The spare chargers aspect is probably due to people losing them or forgetting to pick them up. That being said though, my wife's Blackberry charger died after 2 weeks.

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Nah - they want one at home and one at the office....;)

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What I want is a battery that can last when I'm away from home and work..:erm:

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That's just greedy :D

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The battery seems pretty good touch wood, I have to charge it every day but I'm always on it and watch a lot of stuff on it to

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Just to add to this thread i moved to three for our main mobile from virgin,if you have a need for mobile broadband get a phone that can tether to you laptop or whatever by creating its own wifi hot spot or via usb and get it on the one plan,that way you are allowed to tether and get according to 3 unlimited data with no fair use policy.
Been on it now for 9 months and until Saturday i did all my surfing and downloading via it with no data limit problems, the only thing they say they dont allow is peer to peer file sharing or commercial use.

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Take your charger with you or plug your phone into the car cig lighter socket.

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The thing woth smartphones is that they are computers first, phones second.

I always take my charge to work and even bought one for the car.

I have to charge it daily, sometime during heavy use twicw or more.