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HTC has been known to cut some corners on their hardware. For example they ship some variations of the HTC Hero with a tiny 1200mAh battery, others with a 1500m
by jsz0 16y ago
HTC has been known to cut some corners on their hardware. For example they ship some variations of the HTC Hero with a tiny 1200mAh battery, others with a 1500mAh and will sell you an extended life 1800mAh. Why not just include the best battery possible? The HTC Evo ships with a 1500mAh battery -- the same as my HTC Hero that is half the clock speed with a smaller display. I don't get very good battery life on my Hero so I can only imagine the Evo with the same sized battery is really going to struggle. It looks like there's a 1750mAh extended life battery coming but that's not a huge improvement. (and it's going to cost you $50)
- nuclear_eclipse 16y agoExtended life batteries are the new razor blades. :x
- jrockway 16y agoThey really needed that $199 price point at any cost, I think. My impression from trying to buy one is that Sprint is not the wireless provider of choice for people with tons of money.
- grandalf 16y agoTrue. Consider the pricing per month: 450 Minutes, unlimited mobile/mobile and data: $59 for google IO attendees. $29 per month to use wifi teathering. This is 450 minutes for $90 per month! To make it unlimited the prices becomes $130 per month! Compare that to T-Mobile which offers all that (unlimited) for $65 with the Nexus One.
- zackham 16y agoBefore you get an extended life battery may as well take a look at some information. Here is a thread where people are talking about using the Seidio 1750 mAh in their Evo: http://androidforums.com/accessories-evo-4g/88887-seidio-innocell-1750mah-vs-stock.html http://androidforums.com/accessories-evo-4g/88887-seidio-inn... And here is an older comparison of OEM and 3rd party batteries with disappointing results: http://www.batteryboss.org/ http://www.batteryboss.org/