Tried Android again and was burned again

[Steven P Jobs]

When I was on stock GB my phone got HORRIBLE battery life. Then I did some diggin around and realized that most apps that sync were set to do so every 15 minutes lol. So I had facebook, twitter, weather, email and who knows what else trying to sync every friggin 5 seconds which was using the 3g and just chewing my battery down. I dont know why all the apps decide such low time defaults for sync but I shouldnt have to manually change it from 15 to an hour or whatever I feel is necessary. Its amazing how much 3g eats your battery. I ended up buying juice defender which just turns off your 3g completely when your phone is sleeping and you can set it to turn on for a few minutes every hour (or whatever you set it to) and sync up with everything. That alone gave me an extra 5 hours of battery on average.

A friend from work just got the new droid 4 and was wondering why his battery life wasnt all that great. I looked at his phone for him and saw that by default, it always looks for a 4g signal. What the crap is that And viola! better battery life.

Just my .02 from experience. I even carry an extra battery in my wallet (its small enough without being annoying) just in case i really need it. Ive only used it twice.

The user shouldn't have to worry about any of that.