Originally Posted by ilm
My last phone lasted a week on battery, now it is barely 3 days for my shiny smart-phone (after careful tweaking). Current smartphones don't even last a day.

Nonsense. My iPhone 4 can last three days easily with your "occasional texting and calling" scenario. It's all the extra stuff that drains the battery. The screen drains in a lot. 3G, 3D graphics, CPU intensive stuff, GPS, etc. If I disable all the modern fancy stuff, standby time is a week easy. Heavy use and gaming? Less than a day indeed.