I'm super scared of LTE & Battery life...

[Raptor]

I can see the angle you are coming from, and can agree to it in part. When you have a device like the iPhone that does not have a removable battery, you are limited to using the device to as long as you have juice left (or access to a charger throughout the day).

If you have a device that has a removable battery, the limit is not as much. Even when I had a BlackBerry, I rarely made it through a day on one charge. That didn't stop me from constantly using it. It would sit in a desk charger while at work, a charging cradle in my vehicle, and I also carried a spare battery just in case.

Now that I have my SGS, and battery life is not as long as it was with my BB, I still follow the same routine: desk cradle at work, charging in cradle while in the vehicle, and a spare battery kept with me.

The point being that I can see how some may limit their usage based on battery life. But if they are a power user, they will find ways to keep the juice flowing...

I used my Evo for 6 months with the standard battery and only a few times ran short at the end of the day, but I have since added the hotspot feature and that eats the battery pretty good to so I picked up the 3500mAHr extended battery about 6 weeks ago. With it I've seldom dropped below 40% at the end of the day even using the hotspot with 4G turned on. I would have preferred for the phone to have been designed with a larger battery from the beginning as it could have permitted the phone to be only a mm thicker than standard versus the almost 5mm thicker arrangement with the after-market battery.

Yes, having a phone like the Evo with replaceable battery makes it possible to extend use by replacement, but that is a pain in the ass and I'd prefer not to do it. And it is also true that if it's critical you could always plug it in to a charger, but once again, that's a PITA.


Brian

 

[AllenRulz]

I don't have a problem what so ever having a Extendid battery on my Thunderbolt (or whatever I get) 2 of my friends with the Evo have the bigger batter and it's actually not that bad holding it. Made it a little easier on me.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

It all depends on what application(s) you have installed on your device. Also, if you have conflicts going on with any modifications on the device. I'm not rooted and I haven't done any modification to my phone. Leaving all settings as stock ? and also at a location where I'm getting excellent 4G coverage. Maybe that is why I don't see any significant battery consumption using 4G on my device.

Note: I'm not saying it doesn't drain your battery, but It's about the same drainage I get using 3G.

Rarely is it a game changer when it comes to 4G, at least as it stands now. No matter how you look at it, 4G has been proven to be much more demanding on battery than 3G in almost every aspect.

But if you're not having problems, good for you.