Motorola's Droid Razr Maxx pushed the limit with an enormous battery that played back video for 19 consecutive hours.
Imagine a smartphone that charges completely in 5 minutes and lasts a full 10 hours before running on empty. Crazy, right? Toting along the charging cord is just another part of life with 4G streaming and a power-hungry screen.
Back in January, Motorola's Droid Razr Maxx offered the first real glimmer of hope for long-life batteries with the 3,300mAh ticker that dwarfed the battery in any other available handset -- it ran for 19 hours in CNET's tests, a longevity that hasn't been reproduced since.
That leaves the question I get asked over and over again: why is it taking so long for batteries to catch up to all the other advances in smartphone technology?
There's good news and bad news. The good news is, help is on the way. The bas news is, much of the cutting-edge development is still a year or two out. Here's a look at some of the exciting evolutions, and even revolutions, coming to the stuff that fuels our smartphones.
Inside the guts of a battery factory
Smartphone batteries today: Two ways to get more yield Right now, all smartphones use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. One trick to eek out longer battery life is to simply pack in a larg... [Read more]
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