You make a plan to meet up with your friends to show off the latest and greatest smartphone that you’ve just spent a small fortune on. Taking it out for all to view, you hit the power button. Nothing. In a mere few hours since buying the mobile device, the operating system used on the smartphone has drained it dry. To avoid this unfortunate situation, compare the iPhone battery to the Windows, Android and Blackberry batteries.

iPhone Battery Comparisons

Apple has made it one of their goals to produce devices with extended battery life times. The iPhone battery life has some of the longest talk times currently on the market. The Apple iPhone 4 has talk times between seven and fourteen hours depending on whether the 3G is turned on. This was an improvement over the iPhone 3 battery with average talk times between five and eight hours. However, the iPhone 4S has an average of six hours of talk time. It is potentially caused by the iOS 5 included on the device. Apple is expected to offer an update to correct this problem.

And the Rest…

Windows 7 phones use a single core processor which can reduce the drain on the battery life. The Samsung Focus S uses the Windows 7 operating system and users have been able to get as much as twelve hours of heavy usage out of the device before the battery has drained. The Blackberry battery life for the Bold 9780 is six hours of talk time and four hours of talk time on the Bold 9000. The Blackberry Torch battery has almost seven hours of talk time available. Although HTC devices have received some backlash, many of the Android devices from Samsung, Motorola and LG have talk time averages of eight hours or more.

Considerations

It is important to remember that battery power differs from device to device. For instance, numerous consumer complaints arose in regards to the HTC EVO battery. Reports came in that the Android device would not last throughout the entire day without the need to be recharged. Although this Android phone has poor battery power, other phones with Android are well-renowned for lasting hours upon hours. For instance, the Samsung Epic Touch has an Android-based OS and lasts for an impressive seven hours and twenty-two minutes of talk time.

Battery Life Tips

Want to make your iPhone, Samsung or Nokia battery last longer? Check out whether or not you are on your phone carrier’s 3G or 4G networks. Disabling this feature has the ability to more than double talk times on most smartphones. Also, Android phones are also set for the brightness to be displayed at the maximum levels and lagging times for sleep modes. Change these settings to increase standby and talk times for your Motorola Droid X Battery and LG Optimus and Samsung Galaxy batteries that rely on Android before use operating systems.