A prime example of this was the release of the Evo 4g (sorry sprint). This was the first "4g" (I do not think any carrier has earned the right to not have quotes up for 4g) phone released in the United States and had all the great features; 1Ghz processor, 8mp camera, 4.3 inch display, mobile hotspot, kick stand (surprisingly not battery powered!), front facing camera, and of course 4 connectivity. And was it blazing fast! The problem with it was, if you used 4g the battery would die faster than Jek Porkins in his X-Wing en route to liberate the galaxy, and if the 4g hot spot was on it was even faster.
Now here is the real kicker, with the announcement of the HTC Thunderbolt, which is essentially the same thing as the Evo (4g, 1Ghz processor, same cameras, same screen size, both have a kickstand), except HTC decides to put in a 1400 mAh battery–100 less than the Evo. Put one and one together and apparently we get 12. This is incredibly stupid HTC, I doubt some new technology you imposed will dramatically decrease power usage. This is basically the main reason I do not want this device. I will never get to use it! What's the point of having a phone that does all these cool things but only for an hour? I do not want to sit by a wall socket all day that's for sure.
Though there may be hope yet! The Motorola Atrix and Bionic both sport over 1900 mAh batteries to help accommodate their dual core processors. Hopefully it does the trick and we can have a phone that lasts a day without trying to squeeze a dry lemon.
I think that battery life is just as important of a feature as a dual core processor. I mean what is the one thing that you can definitely can not go without? The Battery. I hope in the near future that this can be just as an important specification.
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