I agree that battery life is one of the most important aspects of smart-phone selection (or any mobile device) but I think the bigger issue is that China, one o

I agree that battery life is one of the most important aspects of smart-phone selection (or any mobile device) but I think the bigger issue is that China, one of the main suppliers of certain rare-earth metals used to mae modern high-performance batteries, is now choking the supply: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/business/global/20rare.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/business/global/20rare.htm....