Hardworking But Power-Hungry Motorola Droid
It is not all that surprising that the Droid-against-iPhone comparison drama is still being played out. After all, it has only been a handful of days since the Droid was unleashed onto a curious public. So far, however, we have not seen, read or heard too many complaints. There is one common complaint that these two smart phones have in common, though — battery life.
Since smart phones are a relatively new arrival, their battery lives find competitors in the models that preceded them. We have a no-nonsense, cannot-do-anything-else-but-call-and-SMS kind of phone that does not have a color display or camera and cannot support multi-media messaging, and it can get by without charging for a couple of days or so.
Standby time, however, has a whole new meaning when it comes to smart phones. With your old flip top, standby mode will literally mean that the thing is just standing idly by; save for a quick blip of a LED light every now and then, it will not be doing anything.
Your smart phone – whether it is the Motorola Droid or the Apple iPhone – will not be just as idle. It may be sitting on your desk physically, but it can still be made to do something else.
In the case of the Droid, the screen may be set to “Never Sleep” and the media player set to repeat all the MP3 songs that have been loaded into it. With all this activity, and even with an hour of using Google Navigation thrown into the mix, one will find that the Droid can last for over 7 hours before requiring charging.
Bottom line, it seems that we need to look at batter life from a whole other perspective. The smart phone may seem power-hungry, but it is only because it works harder than its predecessors.
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