Typically LTE phones (Verizon) have had terrible battery because of the LTE radios. However, I read a while back that AT&T LTE phones will automatically turn the LTE radio off when its out of range, improving the battery life by a TON
What's the point in "future proofing"? You get a subsidized phone every 2 years anyway and by the time AT&T rolls out LTE to majority of its service area, we'll probably have quad-core phones and the current $200 with 2-year contract phones will have dropped down in price to free.
The point of future proofing is making sure your phone is up-to-date for those 2+ years. The people who bought the non-LTE Galaxy S II are already missing out on the new technology. So if they didn't absolutely need a new phone, it would have made sense for them to wait. But I think the Skyrocket and Vivid have the main features where there's no sense waiting any longer to buy.
That's just speculation, its possible they could have great battery life.
Interesting. That might explain why my mom's phone is already pretty much drained when she gets home while my dad's (exact same model) can last 2~3 days without recharging.
It used to be the most active blog but now it's almost dead. Don 't know what the reason is.
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) and when I had the Droid 1, I pulled the phone off the charger w/full battery and drove to her house which is only 2 miles away. My battery was good for 24-36 hours of "my normal use", at my house, but drained to less than 20% charge while there in only 4 hours. Phone had 0 bars most of the time, and was "warm to the touch" as it struggled to find/maintain 1 bar.
