the more I read about the G2 from users that have it... the more I'm thinking of staying away... the loose hinge... the poor battery life... the music cutting out... random reboots... it's just not ready for primetime... I had my doubts about the whole hinge mechanism... turns out it's not as great as HTC would make you think it is... I really wish it was a regular slider, or even a slide/tilt like the TyTN II was...
These things affect people differently. The truth is that all large-screen high performance devices are going to drain the battery faster than smaller-screen devices with lower specs. That's undoubtedly one of the main reasons why BlackBerry phones do not have the largest screens and fastest processors, and why the OS isn't as slick. The BB "base", to borrow a political term, is still the working professional who needs the phone to be ready all day, without needing a second charge. Even the larger screen BBs (Storm, Torch) don't have higher res, so they save some power that way.
But for many people, charging the G2 (or iPhone, or Vibrant, etc) is just no problem at all, and the minor inconvenience of doing so is a small price to pay for the added performance.
The loose hinge is another matter. Before I bought the G2 I watched a YouTube video where the hinge was tested and wasn't loose. But mine
was loose, and it
was a problem. Even though I only had the phone a few days, on several occasions, it would open slightly as I'd take it from my pocket, and the edge of the screen would catch on fabric. It would have been very easy to keep pulling and bend those hinges or tear the screen off, particularly in a hurried situation.
Maybe the more modestly endowed MyTouch Slide is actually a more stable and less battery-hungry Android phone.
Ubizmo