Even with it's somewhat lower power consuming screen, you really expect a 5" display, LTE phone with a 2020 mAh battery to last 16 hours of moderate to heavy use?
I don't think any LTE phone with under a 2500 mAh battery is capable of doing that. I guess it depends on what you call moderate to heavy use. I consider greater than 50% screen on time to be moderate to heavy use (your definition may vary). That would be greater than 8 hours of screen time in a 16 hr day.
Also, please let me know the accessories that made your decision. I don't usually decide phones on the basis of accessories.
Maybe you are referring to items that can mitigate the DNA perceived shortcomings of battery life and internal data storage.
Personally, I wouldn't want one of those battery boost cases or some type of external storage device to use the phone the way it was intended.
If you need to be consistently off charge for more than 10 hours everyday with moderate to heavy use I doubt that this is a good phone option.
The internal storage is not as big an issue unless you don't have consistent easy access to wifi or need to have huge amounts of data on hand at all times. Music, video, and data can be moved pretty easily back and fourth from external sources with hard wire or wifi but can get expensive if it has to be done by cellular network.
Finally, the GN2 is a totally different class of device from the DNA and is hard to compare. It is a matter of form factor and function more than features and performance. The GN2 beats the DNA in virtually every feature and performance category (except screen and camera) but you have to want a phablet instead of a phone.
I'm interested in how the DNA performs with regard to battery life because it is an impressive machine. I think it is near the top of it's class with the iPhone, RAZR HD and GS3.
Oops, I made another post about this on the GN2 vs. DNA thread as I noticed it after I posted here, but I guess it's still relevant. Yeah, 15-16 hours after heavy use might be a bit too much, but to me that's actually worst case scenarios. I'm still using my Rezound, so I have chargers almost all over the place (car, desk, nightstand, etc). However, when I travel or am far away from home is where battery life is crucial. So if a small juice pack can get me thru the day when I'm taking pics, HD video, using GPS and plenty of screen on time while on 4G, then I'll be good (I don't like using cases or screen protectors).
Also, I'm usually on WiFi at work and at home, and mostly stream Slingbox video or music from online radio apps, so storage space for media is not a problem. Even though I would store music I'd listen to often. But with high-profile games using upwards of 1GB of data now a days, I wonder how long it will be until I have to clear out stuff to make space for that or other large apps... That's where the GN2 comes in, but it's size, screen and camera are pretty significant shortcomings compared to the DNA... Maybe the upcoming reviews will help me make up my mind.